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 the Thai military.

Location: Champa Trần dynasty Location: Northern Ayutthaya, Southern Lan Na[3][full citation needed] Location: Upper Tenessarim coast, western and central Siam Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet and Lan Xang Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom and lower Tanintharyi Region Location: Cambodia Location: Southern and Central Myanmar Location: Upper Tenasserim coast (1624–1636)[6][7][8] Dutch East India Company Location: Northern Siam and Tenasserim coast Location: Tenasserim coast Location: Mergui and Coromandel coast Location: Bangkok, Thailand Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom Location: Cambodia Location: Tenasserim, Siam Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya Location: Siam Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Location: Northern and central Siam, Lan Na Location: Khorat Plateau Location: Rạch Gầm River and Xoài Mút River, Southern Vietnam Location: Western Siam Location:Tenasserim Coast Location:Tenasserim Coast Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand Location: Phuket Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Vietnamese forces restore Ang Chan to the Cambodian throne Location: Kedah Location: Burma, East Bengal, Manipur Location: Central Laos Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Location: Cambodia, Cochinchina Siamese interventionCambodia independence from VietnamCambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Location: Kengtung, Trans-Salween region Location: Eastern Cambodia, Location: French Indochina, Siam Location: Phrae Location: Europe (Decapitation Boonpeng 1919) Location: Central Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lak Si and Ratchaburi Location: French Indochina Location:Thailand Thai alliance with Japan Location: Southeast Asia Location: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia ( Dusun Nyor Rebellion 1948 ) Australia New ZealandSupported by: Thailand(Thai–Malaysian border) Supported by: China[21][22][23] Viet Minh(until 1954) North Vietnam(from 1954)[24][25][26] Soviet Union[23][27] Indonesia[22][23] Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border United Nations[b] Location: South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand Location: Kingdom of Laos Location: Thailand (primarily East Thailand) Supported by: Taiwan (until July 1981) United States[citation needed] Pathet Lao[citation needed] Supported By: Khmer Rouge (until 1982)[citation needed] Vietnam China (from 1979) Soviet Union Location: Cambodia North Vietnam Việt Cộng Location: Malaysian Peninsular and Sarawak Supported by: United Kingdom[46] Australia New Zealand[47] United States South Vietnam (until 1975) Malayan Communist Party[48] Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983) Supported by: China[49][21] Soviet Union[49] Vietnam (until late 1970s) North Kalimantan Communist Party Location: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China Lao royalistsHmong insurgents FULRO Thailand Supported by: United States North Korea[52] Supported by: Warsaw Pact countries (until 1991)[52] Location: Thai–Cambodian border, Gulf of Thailand Supported by: United States China Location: Chat Trakan District, Phitsanulok Province, ThailandBotene District, Sainyabuli Province, Lao PDR Location: East Timor International Force: Iraq  United States United Kingdom Supported by: Iran[62][63] Iraqi Kurdistan Sunni insurgents Shia insurgents Supported by: Iran Islamic State Oil smugglers[95][96][97] Pirates[98] Location: Thai–Cambodian border

The Sukhothai Kingdom at its greatest extent during the late 13th century under the reign of King Ram Khamhaeng
The Sukhothai Kingdom at its greatest extent during the late 13th century under the reign of King Ram Khamhaeng
Places listed in the Thai epic Yuan Phai, chronicling the conflict during c. 1474/75
Places listed in the Thai epic Yuan Phai, chronicling the conflict during c. 1474/75
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).
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).
Elephant duel between Naresuan and Mingyi Swa during the Battle of Nong Sarai as wall murals in Phra Ubosot, Wat Suwan Dararam, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
Elephant duel between Naresuan and Mingyi Swa during the Battle of Nong Sarai as wall murals in Phra Ubosot, Wat Suwan Dararam, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
King Naresuan entered Pegu, mural painting by Phraya Anusatchitrakon, Wat Suwandararam, Ayutthaya.
King Naresuan entered Pegu , mural painting by Phraya Anusatchitrakon, Wat Suwandararam, Ayutthaya.
Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.
Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.
Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.
Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.
Map of Indochina in 1760
Map of Indochina in 1760
The storming of one of the principal stockades, near Yangon (Rangoon), 8 July 1824
The storming of one of the principal stockades, near Yangon ( Rangoon ), 8 July 1824
A map showing the movement of Vietnamese troops (from June to December 1845) in Vietnam-Siamese War (1841–1845).
A map showing the movement of Vietnamese troops (from June to December 1845) in Vietnam-Siamese War (1841–1845).
A Siamese army during Haw wars in 1865
A Siamese army during Haw wars in 1865
French ships Inconstant and Comète under fire in the Paknam incident, 13 July 1893
French ships Inconstant and Comète under fire in the Paknam incident, 13 July 1893
(Clockwise from the top) * The aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme * Mark V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line * HMS Irresistible sinks after hitting a mine in the Dardanelles * A British Vickers machine gun crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the Somme * Albatros D.III fighters of Jagdstaffel 11
(Clockwise from the top)
* The aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme * Mark V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line * HMS Irresistible sinks after hitting a mine in the Dardanelles * A British Vickers machine gun crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the Somme * Albatros D.III fighters of Jagdstaffel 11
French Indochina
French Indochina
Map of the Japanese invasion of Thailand, December 8, 1941
Map of the Japanese invasion of Thailand, December 8, 1941
(clockwise from top left)
(clockwise from top left)
Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500lb bombs on communist rebels in the Malayan jungle (c. 1950)
Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500lb bombs on communist rebels in the Malayan jungle ( c. 1950 )
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
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
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.
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 .
Laos
Laos
Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels.
Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels.
US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970.
US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970.
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.
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.
Noen 1428 (Hill 1428), the battlefield of Thai–Laotian Border War of 1988, view from Phu Soidao National Park, Chat Trakan, Phitsanulok.
Noen 1428 (Hill 1428), the battlefield of Thai–Laotian Border War of 1988, view from Phu Soidao National Park , Chat Trakan , Phitsanulok .
Destroyed houses in Dili
Destroyed houses in Dili
Iraq War montage
Iraq War montage
Souththailandmap
Souththailandmap
Phraviharngopura
Phraviharngopura