PAD Leader Chamlong Urges Thai Govt To Get Tougher Against Cambodia

[termad]

Maybe you want to do a search of Victory Monument and check your facts. Victory Monument was erected in 1941. The French forces in Indochina consisted of 50,000 men, compared to the Thai forces of 60,000 men. The French had tanks and planes, but were outnumbered by the Thais.

The borders were drawn by the French in 1904-1907, and re-enforced after the Japanese lost the war and the French government threatened to veto Thailand's membership of the UN.

These facts were brought to you by wikipedia, but if you have any links showing your post is not utter <deleted>, please provide them.

Replying to Whybother

1. Victory Monument, Bangkok

The monument was erected in June 1941 to commemorate the Thai "victory" in the Franco-Thai War, a brief conflict waged against the French colonial authorities in Indo-China, which resulted in Thailand annexing some territories in western Cambodia and northern and southern Laos. The monument became an embarrassment in a more political sense in 1945 when the Allied victory in the Pacific War forced Thailand to evacuate the territories it had gained in 1941 and return them to France. Many Thais regard the monument as an inappropriate symbol of militarism and a relic of what they now see as a discredited regime. Nevertheless the monument remains one of Bangkok's most familiar landmarks.

This article is based on the account in Ka F. Wong, Visions of a Nation: Public Monuments in Twentieth-Century Thailand, White Lotus, Bangkok 2006

2.VICTORY MONUMENT : BANGKOK - Mini Siam Zone Thailand Miniature

VICTORY MONUMENT, LOCATED IN THE CIRCLE CENTRE AT THE CORNER OF PAHOL YOTHIN ROAD CONNECTING PHYATHAI AND RAJVITHI ROAD, THE VICTORY MONUMENT WAS BUILT IN JANUARY 1941 DURING THE REIGN OF KING RAMA VIL AS A MEMORIAL IN HONOUR OF 49 HEROES WHO DIED DURING THE INCOCHINA WAR.

THE MONUMENT WAS OPENED ON JUNE 24, 1942 BY FIELD MARSHAL P.PIBULSONGKRAM.

3. The Thais had signed a non-aggression pact with the French in June 1940, but failed to ratify it after the collapse of metropolitan France. By October Marshal Songgram had mobilized 50,000 troops (in five divisions) and obtained 100 modern fighters, bombers and seaplanes from Japan. The Thai air-force was now three times the size of that available to the French, with the new aircraft added to the 100 American planes obtained between 1936 and 1938 (mostly Vough Corsairs and Curtiss Hawks). The Thai navy had also been equipped with modern ships and outclassed the French colonial fleet on paper at least. Border skirmishes began in November and the Thais crossed the Mekong in December. Hard-pressed elsewhere, the French could only commit fourteen battalions to the defence of Battambang Province.

On January 5, 1941, the Thais launched a full attack with artillery and aerial bombardment of French positions. The Thai offensive covered four fronts:

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4.French cartographers originally placed the temple in Cambodian territory. After the withdrawal of French troops from Cambodia in the 1950s, Thailand took control. The Thais were forced to return it to Cambodia by an international court in 1962, which ruled that the original French maps correctly attributed the temple to Cambodia.

5. Asia Times January 28th 2010. The SRP referred to maps drawn up by the French in 1952, which defined the border and which were given to the United Nations by the Cambodian government in 1964. Those were corroborated by maps produced by the United States military in 1966, according to the SRP. The SRP referred to maps drawn up by the French in 1952, which defined the border and which were given to the United Nations by the Cambodian government in 1964. Those were corroborated by maps produced by the United States military in 1966, according to the SRP.

I would add that in your case the saying 'A crude mouth speaks from a crude mind' is well and truly proven. Perhaps you should do what your chosen name says Why bother.

Edited February 11, 2011 by termad

[saakura]

Difficult to beleive that in the early nineties during his Palang Dharma days, i actually admired this guy. Seems to have lost his marbles completely and needs to be put to sleep.

[whybother]

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I would add that in your case the saying 'A crude mouth speaks from a crude mind' is well and truly proven. Perhaps you should do what your chosen name says Why bother.

Two links showing the monument was erected in 1941, not 1942 as you stated. Interestingly, the two give different months - January 1941 and June 1941.

Nothing about the 10,000 farmers. No mention of Mountbatten.

"Thais were forced to return it to Cambodia by an international court in 1962, which ruled that the original French maps correctly attributed the temple to Cambodia." - ie the 1907 maps.

" Asia Times January 28th 2010. The SRP referred to maps drawn up by the French in 1952, " http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LA28Ae01.html

Did you actually read the article? It's about the Cambodia-Vietnam border.