✦ History

Japanese invasion of Thailand

December 8, 1941

Result Ceasefire

Japanese forces landed in southern Thailand and crossed from French Indochina. After a few hours of fighting, Thailand agreed to a ceasefire and soon allied itself with Japan.

Overview Contemporaries

Thailand

Japan

Thailand
Japan
Plaek Phibunsongkhram military commander
Nobutake Kondō military commander Tomoyuki Yamashita military commander Shōjirō Iida military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
62,000
Aircraft
150

Units

Royal Thai Army Royal Thai Navy Royal Thai Air Force
Fifteenth Army (Japan) Japanese 25th Army Japanese Second Fleet

Battles 1