List of wars involving Thailand explained

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Thailand, its predecessor states, and by Siamese people, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Thailand by the Thai military.

Ayutthaya Kingdom

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Ayutthaya–Lan Na War
(1441–1474)[2] Location: Northern Ayutthaya, Southern Lan Na
Ayutthaya Kingdom Kingdom of LannaStalemate
Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)Location: Upper Tenessarim coast, western and central Siam Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastySiamese defensive victory
  • The Burmese command decided to withdraw
  • Burma claims to regain Upper Tenasserim down to Tavoy (Dawei)
Burmese–Siamese War (1563–1564)Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynasty
Vassal Lan Na
Vassal Sukhothai
Burmese victory
  • Ayutthaya becomes a Burmese vassal state
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Kingdom of Lan Xang
Toungoo dynasty
Vassal Sukhothai
Burmese victory
  • Ayutthaya remains a Burmese vassal state
Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593)Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom and lower Tanintharyi Region Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastySiamese victory
  • Siam regains independence
Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)Location: Cambodia Ayutthaya Kingdom Cambodia KingdomSiamese victory
  • Siamese sack of Longvek
Burmese–Siamese War (1593–1600)Location: Southern and Central Myanmar Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastySiamese victory
Ayutthaya KingdomBurmese victory
Spanish-Siam War(1624–1636)[3] [4] [5] Ayutthaya Kingdom Dutch East India Company Iberian Union Siamese victory
  • Dutch hegemony on Southeast Asia
  • 150 Spaniards killed
Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastyInconclusive
Burmese–Siamese War
(1675–1676)Location: Tenasserim coast
Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastyMilitary stalemate
Ayutthaya Kingdom England
East India Company
Inconclusive
  • East India Company fails to blockade the port of Mergui
  • The ports of Siam were closed to East India Company vessels until 1708
  • The East India had resumed trade using foreign-flagged vessels as early as 1705
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Supported by:
: Dutch East India Company

French East India Company
Decisive Siamese victory
  • French negotiated retreat
Burmese–Siamese War
(1700–1701)Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom
Ayutthaya Kingdom Toungoo dynastySiamese defensive victory
  • Siam defeats Burmese invasion
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1717)[6] [7] Location: Cambodia Ayutthaya KingdomNguyễn lordsSiamese victory
  • Siam gains suzerainty of Cambodia
  • Vietnam annexes several border provinces of Cambodia
Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760)Location: Tenasserim, Siam Ayutthaya Kingdom Konbaung dynastyInconclusive
  • Burma captures the Tennasserim coast down to TavoyMergui frontier
Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya Ayutthaya KingdomKonbaung dynastyBurmese victory
  • End of Ayutthaya Kingdom

Thonburi Kingdom

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Thonburi reunification of Siam (1767–1771)
[8] [9] Location: Siam
State of Thonburi (Thonburi Kingdom)State of Phimai
State of Phitsanulok
State of Sawangburi
State of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Principality of Banteay Mas
Konbaung dynasty (Burma)
Thonburi victory
  • Thonburi reunification of Siam following the fall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773)[10] [11] Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Thonburi KingdomNguyễn Lords
Cambodia Kingdom
Hà Tiên polity
Siamese victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1775 - 1776)Location: Northern and central Siam, Lan Na Thonburi Kingdom Konbaung dynastySiamese victory
Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779)Location: Khorat Plateau Thonburi Kingdom
Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
Cambodia Kingdom
Kingdom of Vientiane
Kingdom of Champasak
Siamese victory
  • Lao kingdoms of Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak came under Siamese suzerainty.

Rattanakosin Kingdom

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1784–1785)Location: Rạch Gầm River and Xoài Mút River, Southern Vietnam Rattanakosin Kingdom
Cambodia Kingdom
Nguyễn lords
Hà Tiên Protectorate
Tây SơnDecisive Tây Sơn Victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786)Location: Western Siam Rattanakosin Kingdom Konbaung dynastySiamese victory
Tavoy campaign (1788)Location:Tenasserim Coast Rattanakosin Kingdom Konbaung dynastyBurmese defensive victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1792–1794)Location:Tenasserim Coast Rattanakosin Kingdom Konbaung dynastyBurmese defensive victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1797–1798)Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand Rattanakosin Kingdom
Lanna Kingdom
Kingdom of Vientiane
Konbaung dynastySiamese victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1802–1805)Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand Rattanakosin Kingdom
Lanna Kingdom
Kingdom of Vientiane
Konbaung dynastySiamese victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812)Location: Phuket Rattanakosin Kingdom Konbaung dynastySiamese victory
Cambodian rebellion (1811–1812)Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Cambodian pro-Siamese faction
Rattanakosin Kingdom
Cambodian pro-Vietnamese faction
Nguyễn dynasty
Cambodian pro-Vietnamese faction victoryVietnamese forces restore Ang Chan to the Cambodian throne
Siamese invasion of Kedah
(1821)Location: Kedah
Rattanakosin Kingdom Kedah SultanateSiamese victory
  • Exile of Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II[12]
  • Imposition of direct Siamese rule on Kedah
  • Start of the Kedahan resistance[13]
First Anglo-Burmese War
(1824-1826)Location: Burma, East Bengal, Manipur
British Empire Konbaung dynastySiamese-allied victory
Lao rebellion (1826–1828)Location: Central Laos Rattanakosin Kingdom Kingdom of Vientiane

Military support:
Siamese victory
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1831–1835)Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Rattanakosin KingdomNguyễn dynastyVietnamese victory
  • Cambodia becomes a vassal state of Vietnam
Khmer anti-Vietnamese rebels
Support:
Rattanakosin Kingdom
Nguyễn dynastySiamese-allied VictorySiamese intervention
Cambodia independence from Vietnam
Cambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845)Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Rattanakosin Kingdom
Khmer anti-Vietnamese rebels
Nguyễn dynastyStalemate
  • Cambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty
Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855)Location: Kengtung, Trans-Salween region Rattanakosin Kingdom Konbaung dynastyBurmese defensive victory
Haw wars
(1865–1890)Location: Eastern Cambodia,
Rattanakosin Kingdom Haw Rebels (Red flag and Striped flag bands)Siamese victory
Franco-Siamese conflict
(1893)Location: French Indochina, Siam
Kingdom of Siam French Republic
  • French Indochina
French victory;
  • Land on east bank of the Mekong ceded to French Indochina
Ngiao rebellion(1902)Location: Phrae Rattanakosin KingdomShan (Ngiao) rebelsSiamese victory
World War I
(1917-1918)Location: Europe (Decapitation Boonpeng 1919)
Allied Powers
      • (1914–17)
    • Belgium
      • (1915–18)
    • (1916–18)
  • (1916–18)
  • Hejaz (1916–18)
  • Brazil (1917–18)
  • China (1917–18)
  • (1917–18)
  • Siam (1917–18)
Central Powers

  • (1915–18)

Siamese-allied victory

After 1932 revolution

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Boworadet Rebellion
(1933)Location: Central Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lak Si and Ratchaburi
Thailand
People's Party
Rebel faction led by Prince BoworadetPeople's Party Victory
  • Suppression of the rebellion, consolidation of power by the People's Party
Franco-Thai War
(1940-1941)Location: French Indochina
ThailandThai victory[16]
Japanese invasion of Thailand
(1941)Location:Thailand
Thailand JapanCeasefireThai alliance with Japan
World War II
(1941-1945)Location: Southeast Asia
Axis Powers

Allied Powers

Allied victory
Malayan Emergency
(1948-1960)Location: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia (Dusun Nyor Rebellion 1948)

Australia
New Zealand
Supported by:
Thailand
(Thai–Malaysian border)

Communist forces:

Supported by:
China[18] [19] [20]
Viet Minh
(until 1954)

(from 1954)[21] [22] [23]
[24]
Indonesia

Thailand-allied victory
Korean War
(1950-1953)Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border

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See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Taylor, p. 144
    • Book: Jumsai, Manich. Popular History of Thailand. Bangkok,Thailand. Claremint. 1976. B002DXA1MO. King Tilokarat (1441–1485). 54.
  2. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Foreign Settlements - Portuguese Settlement . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
  3. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Essays - Spain . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
  4. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Historical Events - Timeline 1600-1649 . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
  5. Tucker, p. 13.
  6. Tucker (2009), p. 722.
  7. Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. A History of Thailand Third Edition (p. 307). (Cambridge University Press. Kindle Edition.)
  8. Book: Wyatt . David K. . Thailand : A Short History . 2003 . Silkworm Books . Chiang Mai . 974957544X . 2nd.
  9. Kohn, p. 447.
  10. Dupuy, p. 768.
  11. Web site: Siam, Cambodia, and Laos 1800-1950 by Sanderson Beck.
  12. Book: Stearn . Duncan . Slices of Thai History: From the curious & controversial to the heroic & hardy . 25 March 2019 . Proglen Trading Co..
  13. Book: Wood . W.A.R. . A History of Siam . 1924 . 276–277 . T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. . London . 10 February 2022.
  14. Van Roy . Edward. Safe Haven: Mon Refugees at the Capitals of Siam from the 1500s to the 1800s . Journal of the Siam Society . 98 . 2010 . 172–173 .
  15. Yon can see Victory monument in bangkok Tucker, World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection p. 649
  16. Fall, p. 22. "On the seas, one old French cruiser sank one-third of the whole Thai fleet ... Japan, seeing that the war was turning against its pupil and ally, imposed its 'mediation' between the two parties."
  17. Book: John W. Garver. China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China. 1 December 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-026106-1. 219–.
  18. Web site: China Role's in Indonesia's "Crush Malaysia" Campaign. A. Dahana. Universitas Indonesia. 2002. 19 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160719124912/http://journal.ui.ac.id/humanities/article/viewFile/716/682. 19 July 2016. dead. MAKARA of Social Sciences and Humanities Series.
  19. Web site: Malaysia-Indonesia Relations Before and After 1965: Impact on Bilateral and Regional Stability. Mohd. Noor Mat Yazid. Programme of International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 2013. 19 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160719130036/http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/content/pdf/participant-papers/2013-06-iscd-asia-pacific/Assoc._Prof._Dr._Mohd._Noor_MAT_YAZID.pdf. 19 July 2016. dead.
  20. Book: Ching Fatt Yong. The origins of Malayan communism. 1997. South Seas Society. 978-9971-936-12-9.
  21. Book: T. N. Harper. Timothy Norman Harper. The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya. 9 April 2001. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-00465-7.
  22. Book: Major James M. Kimbrough IV. Disengaging From Insurgencies: Insights From History And Implications For Afghanistan. 6 November 2015. Pickle Partners Publishing. 978-1-78625-345-3. 88–.
  23. Book: Geoffrey Jukes. The Soviet Union in Asia. registration. 1 January 1973. University of California Press. 978-0-520-02393-2. 302–.