Kriegsbeteiligung Thailands im 1.Weltkrieg ??

Question

Wie die thail.Geschichte schreibt, wurde Thailand waehrend des 2. Weltkrieges von der Besatzungsmacht Japan aufgefordert Amerika den Krieg zu erklaeren. Der damalige Botschafterweigerte sich jedoch die entsprechende Note zu ueberreichen. Also eine Kriegserklaerung ohne Erklaerung !
Ebenso wird von Historikern geschrieben das Thailand im 1.Weltkrieg Deutschland den Krieg erklaert hatte. Ich finde aber nirgendwo Hinweise das dies jemals in schriftlicher Form erfolgt ist oder erfolgte die Kriegserklaerung automatisch mit Beitritt in die Entente ??

Answer 1

Offenbar hat König Vajiravudh im Juli 1917 Deutschland den Krieg erklärt:

"To the consternation of his advisers, who still smarted from Siam's territorial losses to France, Vajiravudh declared war on Germany and took Siam into World War I on the side of the Allies, sending a token expeditionary force to the Western front. This limited participation, however, won Siam favorable amendments to its treaties with France and Britain at the end of the war and also gained a windfall in impounded German shipping for its merchant marine. Siam took part in the Versailles peace conference in 1919 and was a founding member of the League of Nations."
http://www.ciaonet.org/atlas/countries/th_data_loc.html

vgl. auch http://www.magma.ca/~thaiott/thaihis1.htm

und
http://www.asiatour.com/thailand/e-01land/et-lan72.htm:
"# 1914, Aug - World War I breaks out and Siam's declaration of neutrality is good only as far as state policy is concerned. Being an alumnus of a British school and the holder of an honorary rank of General in the British army, King Rama VI is conclusively an anglophile. His personal alliance to the British is manifested by his large donations to the British war chest and his repeated vocal resentment of German atrocities.

# 1917, Apr 6 - The US declares war on the Central Powers. Simultaneously, an appeal is issued to all neutral countries to join the struggle to uphold the rights of freedom for small powers.

# 1917, Jul 22 - Siam joins the allies and participates in Word War I. All Germans and Belgians in Siam are arrested and jailed in Bangkok. An expeditionary force of some 1,200 men is sent to Europe, but as the training and acclimatizing period takes long, the war ends (Nov 12, 1918) before they experience combat. The Siamese willingness to participate in the war nevertheless strengthens the bonds of friendship between Siam, France and Great Britain."

Answer 2

hab das gefunden da ist aufgeführt das thailand 1917 den deutschen den krieg erklaert hat

www.thailand-ticket.de

Answer 3

Meiner Meinung nach,hat sich Thailand immer aus allem herausgehalten.Es gab zwar einmal einen Minister,der wollte Thailand an Japan verkaufen kam aber Dank des Königs nicht zustande.