List of wars involving Thailand
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 Thailand military.
Ayutthaya Kingdom
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Ayutthaya–Lan Na War (1441–1474)[1] Location: Northern Ayutthaya, Southern Lan Na[2] ![]() War elephants depicted from a later Siam–Burma war. |
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Kingdom of Lanna[1][3] | Stalemate[3] |
First Siege of Ayutthaya (1547–1549) Location: Upper Tenessarim coast, western and central Siam ![]() Painting by Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs, depicting Queen Suriyothai (center) on her elephant putting herself between King Maha Chakkraphat (right) and the Viceroy of Prome (left). |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Siamese defensive victory
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Second Siege of Ayutthaya "War over the White Elephants" (1563–64) Location:Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai |
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Toungoo Dynasty Vassal Lan Na Vassal Sukhothai |
Burmese victory
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Third Siege of Ayutthaya (1568–70) Location:Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet and Lan Xang |
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Toungoo Dynasty Vassal Sukhothai |
Burmese victory
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Fourth Siege of Ayutthaya "Naresuan the Great campaigns to free Ayutthaya" (1584–1593) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom and lower Tanintharyi Region ![]() Elephant battle between Naresuan and Mingyi Swa during the Battle of Nong Sarai as wall murals in Phra Ubosot, Wat Suwan Dararam, Ayutthaya, Thailand. |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Siamese victory
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Siamese–Cambodian war (1591–1594) Location: Cambodia |
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Siamese victory
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First Siamese invasions of Burma (March 1594 –November 1605) Location: Southern and central Burma ![]() King Naresuan entered Pegu, mural painting by Phraya Anusatchitrakon, Wat Suwandararam, Ayutthaya. |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese war (1613–14) Location: upper Tenasserim coast and Lan Na |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Burmese victory |
Second Siamese invasions of Burma (1662–1664) Location: Northern Siam and Tenasserim coast |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Burmese defensive victory
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Burmese–Siamese war (1675–76) Location: Tenasserim coast |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Burmese and Siamese defensive victory
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Anglo-Siamese War (1687–1688) Location: Mergui and Coromandel coast |
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Inconclusive
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Siege of Bangkok (June 1688 - November 13, 1688) |
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Decisive Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese war (1700–1701) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom |
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Toungoo Dynasty | Siamese defensive victory
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Fifth Siege of Ayutthaya (1759–1760) Location: Tenasserim, Siam |
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Burmese victory |
Sixth Siege of Ayutthaya (1765-1767) Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya [[File:Burmese-Siamese war (1765-1767) map - EN - 001.jpg|thumb|left|{{unbulleted list|Sketch-map showing Burmese forces' advance towards Ayutthaya:|]] |
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Burmese victory
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Thonburi Kingdom
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Siamese–Vietnamese War (1769–1773)[4][5] Location: |
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Đàng Trong under Nguyễn lords | Indecisive |
Burmese–Siamese War (1775-1776) |
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Siamese victory
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Rattanakosin Kingdom
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Burmese–Siamese War (1785-1786) Location: Southern and western Siam, Lan Na |
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Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1787) Location: Tenasserim coast |
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Burmese defensive victory |
Burmese–Siamese War (1809-1812) Location: Junk Ceylon, Southern Siam, Tenasserim coast |
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Siamese victory |
First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826) Location: Burma, East Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Cachar and Jaintia ![]() The storming of one of the principal stockades, near Yangon (Rangoon), 8 July 1824 |
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British victory
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Lao rebellion (1826–1828) Location: Khorat Plateau, Thailand; Central and Southern Laos |
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Siamese victory |
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1831–1834) Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam ![]() |
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Vietnamese victory |
Lê Văn Khôi revolt (1833–1835) Location: Southern Vietnam ![]() The French-built Citadel of Saigon was taken over by the rebels on 18 May 1833 and held more than two years until September 1835. |
Lê Văn Khôi rebels Supported by: ![]() |
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Decisive Nguyễn dynasty victory |
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845) Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam ![]() A map showing the movement of Vietnamese troops (from June to December 1845) in Vietnam-Siamese War (1841–1845). |
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Stalemate
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Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855) Location: Kengtung, Trans-Salween region ![]() A watercolor of 3 Burmese infantry soldiers in 1855. It was not until soldiers like this were dispatched to combat the Siamese invasion that Siam was finally driven out of Burma. |
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Burmese defensive victory |
Haw wars (1865–1890) Location: Northern Laos, western Vietnam, northern Thailand ![]() A Siamese army during Haw wars in 1865 |
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Siamese victory |
Franco-Siamese War (1893) Location: French Indochina, Siam ![]() French ships Inconstant and Comète under fire in the Paknam incident, 13 July 1893 |
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French victory; Entente Cordiale |
World War I (1917-1918) Location: Europe ![]() (Clockwise from the top)
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Allied Powers:
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Central Powers: | Allied victory
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After 1932 revolution
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Boworadet rebellion (1933) Location: Central Thailand, Bangkok and Ratchaburi ![]() Siamese soldiers during the rebellion |
Revolutionary Siamese Government (Khana Ratsadon) | Prince Boworadet and other royalists and his allies | Decisive win for the Siamese Government |
Franco-Thai War (1940-1941) Location: French Indochina ![]() French Indochina |
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Indecisive
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World War II (1942-1945) Location: Southeast Asia (clockwise from top left)
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Axis Powers: | Allied Powers: | Allied victory
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Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) Location: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia ![]() Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500lb bombs on communist rebels in the Malayan jungle (c. 1950) |
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British/Commonwealth victory |
Chinese Civil War (1949-1961) Location: Mainland China (including Hainan) and its coast, China–Burma border FClockwise from the top: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping; Muslim soldiers of the NRA; Mao Zedong in the 1930s; Chiang Kai-shek inspecting soldiers; CCP general Su Yu investigating the troops shortly before the Menglianggu Campaign |
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Chinese Communist Party victory
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Korean War (1950-1955) Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border ![]() Clockwise from top: A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir • UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon • Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M46 Patton tank • U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon • F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft |
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Medical support
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Military stalemate
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Vietnam War (1955-1975) Location: South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand ![]() Clockwise, from top left: U.S. combat operations in Ia Đrăng, ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tết Offensive, two A-4C Skyhawks after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre. |
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Supported by:
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North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front victory
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Laotian Civil War (1959-1975) Location: Kingdom of Laos ![]() Laos |
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Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese victory
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Communist insurgency in Thailand (1959-1975) Location: Thailand (primarily northeast Thailand) ![]() Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels. |
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Thai government victory
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Cambodian Civil War (1968-1975) Location: Cambodia ![]() US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970. |
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Other support:
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Khmer Rouge victory
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Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968-1989) Location: Malaysian Peninsular and Sarawak Sarawak Rangers (present-day part of the Malaysian Rangers) consisting of Ibans leap from a Royal Australian Air Force Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to guard the Malay–Thai border from potential Communist attacks in 1965, two years before the war starting in 1968. |
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Communist forces:
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Peace agreement reached
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Third Indochina War (1975-1991) |
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Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989) Location: Thai–Cambodian border, Gulf of Thailand |
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Thai–Laotian Border War (1987-1988) Location: Chat Trakan District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand ![]() Sarawak Rangers (present-day part of the Malaysian Rangers) consisting of Ibans leap from a Royal Australian Air Force Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to guard the Malay–Thai border from potential Communist attacks in 1965, two years before the war starting in 1968Noen 1428 (Hill 1428), the battlefield of Thai–Laotian Border War of 1988, view from Phu Soidao National Park, Chat Trakan, Phitsanulok. |
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Peace talks in Bangkok
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Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf ![]() Clockwise from top: USAF F-15Es, F-16s, and a F-15C flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells; British troops from the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby; camera view from a Lockheed AC-130; the Highway of Death; M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle. |
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Coalition victory
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International Force East Timor (1999-2000) Location: East Timor ![]() Australian members of International Force East Timor (INTERFET), talk to a citizen in Dili, East Timor, in February 2000. |
International Force: | Insurgents:
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Conflict ended
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Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (2002-present) Location: Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ![]() French Naval commandos (green) and United States soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment (tan) participate in an exercise at Djibouti in June 2004. |
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CJTF-HOA allies: Non-NATO allies: |
Insurgents:
Pirates: |
Ongoing
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- Iraq War (2003–2004): See Thailand in the Iraq War. - Thai Humanitarian Assistance Task Force 976 Thai-Iraq Thailand deployed a 423-strong humanitarian contingent as part of the Multi-National Force – Iraq
- Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (2002 – present) – Rpyal Thai Navy SEALs have deployed on Royal Thai Navy warships for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as part of Combined Task Force 151.[52][53]
- Anti-Piracy operation in Gulf of Aden
- Anti-Piracy in strait of Malacca
- Southern Insurgency
- United Nations peacekeeping
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission: see Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
- United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq: see Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia: see Vietnamese Occupation of Cambodia (1992-1993)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone: see Sierra Leone Civil War (1998-1999)
- United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor: see International Force East Timor (1999-2001
- United Nations Operation in Burundi: see Burundian Civil War (2004-2007)
- United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur
- United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: see War in Afghanistan(2012)
- United Nations Mission in Sudan: see Second Sudanese Civil War (2005-2011)
- Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
See also
Notes
- On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%, ROK: 23.3% other UNC: 6.3%[13]
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