Japan ikuukira Thailand: December 8, 1941
Wowononga waku Thai Phra Ruang, wojambulidwa mu 1955. Anali sitima yamtundu wa R yomwe idagwira ntchito mu Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse ndi Royal Navy isanagulitsidwe ku Royal Thai Navy mu 1920.
Kumbuyo kwa zochitika za Combined Fleet kuukira ku Pearl Harbor ndi mndandanda wa ntchito za amphibious ku Southeast Asia, chimodzi mwazofunikira kwambiri pa gawo loyamba la nkhondo ya Pacific zinachitika. Kuukira kwa Japan ku Thailand, ngakhale kuti nkhondo zambiri panthawiyo zidatha maola ochepa, zidatha ndikusainira mgwirizano wankhondo ndipo pambuyo pake mgwirizano wamgwirizano. Kuyambira pachiyambi, cholinga cha Japan sichinali kulanda dziko la Thailand, koma kupeza chilolezo chodutsa malire a Burma ndi Malay ndikuwakakamiza kuti alowe nawo mgwirizano wotsutsana ndi maulamuliro a ku Ulaya ndi United States.
Ufumu wa Japan ndi Ufumu wa Thailand (kuyambira pa June 24, 1939; umene kale unkadziwika kuti Ufumu wa Siam), maiko ooneka ngati osiyana kotheratu a Kum’mawa kwa Kummaŵa, ali ndi chizindikiro chimodzi m’mbiri yawo yaitali ndi yovuta. Pamene maulamuliro atsamunda ankakulirakulira m’zaka za m’ma XNUMX, iwo sanataye ulamuliro wawo ndipo anakhazikitsa ubale waukazembe ndi maulamuliro amphamvu padziko lonse mogwirizana ndi zimene amati mapangano osagwirizana.
Msilikali wamkulu waku Thailand wa 1941 ndi Curtiss Hawk III wankhondo yemwe adagulidwa ku USA.
Mu Ogasiti 1887, Declaration of Friendship and Trade idasainidwa pakati pa Japan ndi Thailand, chifukwa chake Emperor Meiji ndi King Chulalongkorn adakhala zizindikiro za anthu awiri akum'mawa kwa Asia. M'kupita kwa nthawi yayitali yakumayiko akumadzulo, dziko la Japan lakhala likutsogola, ngakhale kutumiza akatswiri ake angapo ku Bangkok ndi cholinga chothandizira kukonzanso zamalamulo, maphunziro, ndi maphunziro a sericulture. Panthawi ya nkhondo, mfundo imeneyi inali yodziwika kwambiri ku Japan ndi ku Thailand, chifukwa chakuti anthu onsewa ankalemekezana, ngakhale kuti isanafike 1 panalibe mgwirizano waukulu wandale ndi zachuma pakati pawo.
Kusintha kwa Siamese mu 1932 kudagwetsa ufumu wakale wachifumu ndikukhazikitsa ufumu wokhazikitsidwa ndi malamulo oyendetsera dzikolo ndi nyumba yamalamulo awiri. Kuphatikiza pa zotsatira zabwino, kusintha kumeneku kunayambitsanso kuyambika kwa mkangano wapachiweniweni ndi wankhondo kuti ukhale ndi mphamvu mu nduna ya ku Thailand. Zisokonezo zomwe zidachitika m'boma lomwe likuchita demokalase pang'onopang'ono zidatengera mwayi ndi Colonel Phraya Phahol Pholfayuhasen, yemwe pa Juni 20, 1933 adachita kulanda boma ndikuyambitsa ulamuliro wankhanza wankhondo motengera ufumu wadziko.
Dziko la Japan linapereka ndalama zothandizira kulanda boma ku Thailand ndipo linakhala dziko loyamba kuzindikira boma latsopanoli padziko lonse lapansi. Ubale wapagulu unayamba kutenthedwa, zomwe zidapangitsa, makamaka, kuti masukulu aku Thailand adatumiza ma cadet ku Japan kukaphunzitsidwa, ndipo gawo la malonda akunja ndi ufumuwo linali lachiwiri kusinthanitsa ndi Great Britain. Mu lipoti la mutu wa zokambirana zaku Britain ku Thailand, Sir Josiah Crosby, malingaliro a anthu aku Thai kwa aku Japan adadziwika kuti ndi osagwirizana - mbali imodzi, kuzindikira kuthekera kwachuma ndi nkhondo ku Japan, ndi kwina, kusakhulupirira mapulani achifumu.
Zowonadi, Thailand idayenera kutenga gawo lapadera pakukonza njira zaku Japan zakumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia pankhondo ya Pacific. A Japan, atatsimikiza za kulondola kwa ntchito yawo yakale, adaganizira za kukana kwa anthu a ku Thailand, koma adafuna kuwaphwanya ndi mphamvu ndikupangitsa kuti ubale ukhale wabwino mwa kulowererapo.
Mizu ya kuukira kwa Japan ku Thailand imapezeka mu chiphunzitso cha Chigaku Tanaka cha "kusonkhanitsa ngodya zisanu ndi zitatu za dziko lapansi pansi pa denga limodzi" ( jap. hakko ichiu ). Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la XNUMX, idakhala injini yotukula dziko komanso malingaliro aku Asia, malinga ndi momwe mbiri ya Ufumu wa Japan idayenera kulamulira anthu ena onse aku East Asia. Kugwidwa kwa Korea ndi Manchuria, komanso mkangano ndi China, kunakakamiza boma la Japan kupanga zolinga zatsopano.
Mu Novembala 1938, nduna ya Prince Fumimaro Konoe idalengeza kufunikira kwa Dongosolo Latsopano ku Greater East Asia (Chijapani: Daitoa Shin-chitsujo), yomwe, ngakhale idayenera kuyang'ana kwambiri ubale wapakati pa Ufumu wa Japan, Ufumu wa Manchuria ndi Republic of China, adakhudzanso Thailand mwanjira ina. Ngakhale adalengeza kuti akufuna kukhalabe paubwenzi wabwino ndi ogwirizana a Kumadzulo ndi mayiko ena m'derali, opanga mfundo za ku Japan sanaganizire za kukhalapo kwa malo achiwiri odziyimira pawokha ku East Asia. Malingaliro awa adatsimikiziridwa ndi lingaliro lolengezedwa poyera la Greater East Asia Prosperity Zone (Japanese: Daitōa Kyōeiken) lolengezedwa mu April 1940.
Mosalunjika, koma kudzera mundondomeko zandale ndi zachuma, aku Japan adatsindika kuti chigawo chakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia, kuphatikiza Thailand, mtsogolomu chiyenera kukhala gawo lawo lamphamvu.
Pamlingo wanzeru, chidwi chogwirizana kwambiri ndi Thailand chidalumikizidwa ndi mapulani a asitikali aku Japan kuti alande madera aku Britain ku Southeast Asia, komwe ndi Peninsula ya Malay, Singapore ndi Burma. Kale pakukonzekera, aku Japan adazindikira kuti ntchito zolimbana ndi Britain sizifuna kugwiritsa ntchito Indo-China kokha, komanso madoko aku Thai, ma eyapoti ndi maukonde amtunda. Pomwe dziko la Thailand likutsutsa poyera kuti akhazikitse zida zankhondo ndikukana kuvomera kuti asitikali apite kumalire a Burma, okonza mapulani aku Japan adaganizira za kufunikira kopereka mphamvu zina kuti akwaniritse zofunikira. Komabe, nkhondo yanthawi zonse ndi Thailand sinali yofunikira, chifukwa ikanafuna zinthu zambiri, ndipo kuwukira kwa Japan kumadera aku Britain kukanataya chinthu chodabwitsa.
Zolinga za Japan zogonjetsera Thailand, mosasamala kanthu za njira zomwe zavomerezedwa, zinali zokondweretsa kwambiri ku Third Reich, yomwe inali ndi mishoni zake ku Bangkok ndi Tokyo. Andale aku Germany adawona kusangalatsa kwa Thailand ngati mwayi wochotsa gawo la asitikali aku Britain ku North Africa ndi Middle East ndikugwirizanitsa zida zankhondo za Germany ndi Japan motsutsana ndi Ufumu wa Britain.
Mu 1938, Folphayuhasen adasinthidwa kukhala nduna yayikulu ndi General Plaek Phibunsongkhram (wodziwika bwino kuti Phibun), yemwe adakhazikitsa ulamuliro wopondereza wankhondo ku Thailand motsatira chipani cha Italy. Dongosolo lake la ndale linkafuna kusintha kwa chikhalidwe kudzera mu kusinthika kwachangu kwa anthu, kukhazikitsidwa kwa dziko lamakono la Thai, chilankhulo chimodzi cha Thai, chitukuko cha makampani ake, chitukuko cha asilikali ndi kumanga boma lachigawo lopanda malire. Mphamvu za atsamunda ku Ulaya. Panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Phibun, anthu ochepa komanso olemera achi China adakhala mdani wamkati, omwe adafanizidwa ndi "Ayuda a Kum'mawa." Pa June 24, 1939, malinga ndi ndondomeko yovomerezeka ya dziko, dzina lovomerezeka la dzikolo linasinthidwa kuchoka ku Ufumu wa Siam kupita ku Ufumu wa Thailand, womwe, kuwonjezera pa kupanga maziko a mtundu wamakono, uyenera kutsindika. Ufulu wosalandirika wa maiko, omwe ndi kwawo kwa mitundu yopitilira 60 miliyoni ya anthu aku Thai omwe amakhalanso ku Burma, Laos, Cambodia ndi South China.
