Axis and allies2/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Like many countries, Thailand joined the Axis powers because of military pressure. The partnership was not necessarily an equal one their alliance was the result of the December 8 Japanese invasion of Thailand after failed negotiations, the Thai resistance lasting only hours before a ceasefire was declared. Thailand was valuable for the Axis powers, as their airfields, ports, and railways would be instrumental in planned invasions of Malaya and Burma. ![]() ![]() On this day in 1941, Thailand allied with Japan. Photograph of Phot Phahonyothin (far left) with Hideki Tojo (center) in Tokyo 1942) ![]()
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