Japanese invasion of Thailand

E105945
invasion military campaign

The Japanese invasion of Thailand was a brief 1941 military campaign in which Imperial Japan forced Thailand into an alliance and secured strategic bases for its subsequent offensives in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Invasion of Thailand (1941) 1
Japanese invasion of Siam 1
Japanese invasion of Thailand canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Japanese invasion of Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of Siam
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Thailand
casusBelli Japanese plan to attack British Malaya and Burma via Thai territory ⓘ
characteristic brief duration ⓘ
fighting in multiple coastal provinces ⓘ
rapid ceasefire ⓘ
commandedBy Andō Rikichi ⓘ
Iida Shōjirō ⓘ
Plaek Phibunsongkhram ⓘ
conflict South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Southeast Asia
countryInvolved Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Thailand
date 8 December 1941 ⓘ
endDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of Malaya
involves Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Royal Thai Army ⓘ
Royal Thai Navy ⓘ
ledTo Thai declaration of war on the United Kingdom ⓘ
Thai declaration of war on the United States ⓘ
location Thailand ⓘ
mainLandingSite Bangkok Metropolitan Region ⓘ
surface form: Bangkok area

Chumphon province ⓘ
surface form: Chumphon

Nakhon Si Thammarat ⓘ
Pattani ⓘ
Prachuap Khiri Khan ⓘ
Samut Prakan Province ⓘ
surface form: Samut Prakan

Songkhla ⓘ
Surat Thani ⓘ
objective obtain transit rights through Thailand ⓘ
secure bases for Japanese offensives in Southeast Asia ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
politicalConsequence Thailand allowed Japanese troops to use its territory for operations against Malaya and Burma ⓘ
Thailand joined the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ
relatedEvent attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Japanese occupation of Burma ⓘ
surface form: Japanese conquest of Burma

Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of Malaya
result Japanese victory ⓘ
Japanese invasion of Thailand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thai–Japanese alliance

Thai–Japanese armistice ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
timeZoneContext coincided with 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii time ⓘ
local time in Thailand was 8 December 1941 ⓘ
treatyConcluded armistice agreement between Japan and Thailand on 1941-12-08 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Malaya → precededBy → Japanese invasion of Thailand ⓘ
Japanese invasion of Thailand → result → Japanese invasion of Thailand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thai–Japanese alliance
Japanese invasion of Thailand → alsoKnownAs → Japanese invasion of Thailand ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of Siam
Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → conflict → Japanese invasion of Thailand ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of Thailand (1941)