What has thailand been up to after they signed a miltary pact with Japan?

What has Japan’s “ally” Thailand been up to after the japanese forced them to sign a military pact with them? Seems odd to me that the japanese would just let them sit there in Burma (although they were not allowed frontline combat).

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Well, they actually declared war on the US and UK, fought a civil war, invaded Burma, seized parts of French Indochina and invaded China. I’d say they were pretty busy!

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when did this happen because I don’t remember any regular episode mentioning this.

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looked it up in a general (on-line) page on Thailand in WW2. There was a political schism in Thailand over the ‘alliance’ with Japan, and the “Free Thai Movement” grew up very quickly to oppose the Japan-installed government. They numbered about 90,000 and were supported by the OSS and SOE. I’d say that qualifies as a civil war (though perhaps not as bloody as some.)

Here’s where most of that comes from:

Hope this helps!

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