Franco-Thai War

Franco-Thai War
	Part of the Pacific War of the Second World War
	; Victory Monument in downtown Bangkok
Date	October 1940 – 28 January 1941
Location	Asia
Result	Unclear.; A ceasefire was reached through Japan's mediation.
Belligerents
Vichy France; French Indochina;	Thailand
Commanders and leaders
Jean Decoux	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Strength
Regular: 12,000; Colonial: 38,000; Tanks: 20 light tanks; Aircraft:<100	Troops: 60,000; Tanks: 134; Aircraft: <140; Warships: 18
Casualties and losses
321 KIA and WIA, 178 MIA, 222 POWs, 22 aircrafts loss	54 KIA, 307 WIA, 21 POWs, 8–13 aircrafts damaged

The Franco-Thai War (Thai: กรณีพิพาทอินโดจีน or สงครามอินโดจีน; French: Guerre franco-thaïlandaise) was a war between Thailand and the Vichy France in the territory of French Indochina during the Pacific War, which was a part of World War II).

Related pages

Franco–Siamese War

References

↑ Tucker, p. 552
↑ Fall, p.22. "On the seas, one old French cruiser sank one-third of the whole Thai fleet ..., Strategic Thai victory and Japan, seeing that the war was turning against its pupil and ally, imposed its "mediation" between the two parties."
↑ Royal Thai Air Force. (1976) The History of the Air Force in the Conflict with French Indochina. Bangkok.

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[1] Tucker, p. 552

[2] Fall, p.22. "On the seas, one old French cruiser sank one-third of the whole Thai fleet ..., Strategic Thai victory and Japan, seeing that the war was turning against its pupil and ally, imposed its "mediation" between the two parties."

[3] Royal Thai Air Force. (1976) The History of the Air Force in the Conflict with French Indochina. Bangkok.

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