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.

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Sukhothai Kingdom

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Sukhothai-Champa War (1313)[1] Location: Champa The Sukhothai Kingdom at its greatest extent during the late 13th century under the reign of King Ram Khamhaeng	Sukhothai Kingdom	Kingdom of Champa Trần dynasty	Champa defensive victory

Ayutthaya Kingdom

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Ayutthaya–Lan Na War (1441–1474)[2] Location: Northern Ayutthaya, Southern Lan Na[3][full citation needed] Places listed in the Thai epic Yuan Phai, chronicling the conflict during c. 1474/75	Ayutthaya Kingdom[4][full citation needed]	Kingdom of Lanna[4][5]	Stalemate[5]
Burmese–Siamese War (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).	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Siamese defensive victory The Burmese command decided to withdraw Burma claims to regain Upper Tenasserim down to Tavoy (Dawei)
Burmese–Siamese War (1563–1564) Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty Vassal Lan Na Vassal Sukhothai	Burmese victory Ayutthaya becomes a Burmese vassal state
Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569) Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet and Lan Xang	Ayutthaya Kingdom Kingdom of Lan Xang	Toungoo dynasty Vassal Sukhothai	Burmese victory Ayutthaya remains a Burmese vassal state
Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom and lower Tanintharyi Region Elephant duel between Naresuan and Mingyi Swa during the Battle of Nong Sarai as wall murals in Phra Ubosot, Wat Suwan Dararam, Ayutthaya, Thailand.	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Siamese victory Siam regains independence Siam regains the lower Tanintharyi Region as far as Dawei
Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594) Location: Cambodia	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Cambodia Kingdom	Siamese victory Siamese sack of Longvek
Burmese–Siamese War (1593–1600) Location: Southern and Central Myanmar King Naresuan entered Pegu, mural painting by Phraya Anusatchitrakon, Wat Suwandararam, Ayutthaya.	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Siamese victory Siamese controlled the entire Tenasserim coast Lan Na becomes Siamese vassal from 1602 to 1614
Burmese–Siamese War (1609–1622) Location: Upper Tenasserim coast	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Burmese victory Burma regains upper Tenasserim coast to Tavoy Burma regains Lan Na
Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636)[6][7][8]	Ayutthaya Kingdom Dutch East India Company	Iberian Union Crown of Castile Spanish East Indies Council of Portugal Macau Goa Malacca	Siamese victory Dutch hegemony on Southeast Asia 150 Spaniards killed
Burmese–Siamese War (1662–1664) Location: Northern Siam and Tenasserim coast	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Inconclusive Burma defends upper Burma Status quo ante bellum
Burmese–Siamese War (1675–1676) Location: Tenasserim coast	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Military stalemate Burma defends upper Tenasserim coast Siam defeats counter Burmese invasion
Anglo-Siamese War (1687–1688) Location: Mergui and Coromandel coast	Ayutthaya Kingdom	England East India Company	Inconclusive East India Company fails to blockade the port of Mergui The ports of Siam were closed to East India Company vessels until 1708 The East India had resumed trade using foreign-flagged vessels as early as 1705
Siege of Bangkok (June 1688 - November 13, 1688) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.	Ayutthaya Kingdom Supported by: : Dutch East India Company	Kingdom of France French East India Company	Decisive Siamese victory French negotiated retreat
Burmese–Siamese War (1700–1701) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Toungoo dynasty	Siamese defensive victory Siam defeats Burmese invasion
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1717)[9][10] Location: Cambodia	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Nguyễn lords	Siamese victory Siam gains suzerainty of Cambodia Vietnam annexes several border provinces of Cambodia
Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) Location: Tenasserim, Siam Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688.	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Inconclusive Burma captures the Tennasserim coast down to Tavoy–Mergui frontier
Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Burmese victory End of Ayutthaya Kingdom

Thonburi Kingdom

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Notable battles
Thonburi reunification of Siam (1767–1771) [11][12] Location: Siam	State of Thonburi (Thonburi Kingdom)	State of Phimai State of Phitsanulok State of Sawangburi State of Nakhon Si Thammarat Principality of Banteay Mas Konbaung dynasty (Burma)	Thonburi victory Thonburi reunification of Siam following the fall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773)[13][14] Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam Map of Indochina in 1760	Thonburi Kingdom	Nguyễn Lords Cambodia Kingdom Hà Tiên polity	Siamese victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1775–1776) Location: Northern and central Siam, Lan Na	Thonburi Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese victory The Burmese loss of southern Lan Na later proved to be the end of their 200 years rule. Siam gains control of Chiang Mai, Lampang, Lamphun	Battle of Bangkaeo (1775)
Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779) Location: Khorat Plateau	Thonburi Kingdom Kingdom of Luang Phrabang Cambodia Kingdom	Kingdom of Vientiane Kingdom of Champasak	Siamese victory Lao kingdoms of Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak came under Siamese suzerainty.

Rattanakosin Kingdom

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Notable battles
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1784–1785) Location: Rạch Gầm River and Xoài Mút River, Southern Vietnam	Rattanakosin Kingdom Cambodia Kingdom Nguyễn lords Hà Tiên Protectorate	Tây Sơn	Decisive Tây Sơn Victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786) Location: Western Siam	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese victory Siam gains control of Chiang Mai and Lanna	Tha Din Daeng Campaign (1786)
Tavoy campaign (1788) Location:Tenasserim Coast	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Burmese defensive victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1792–1794) Location:Tenasserim Coast	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Burmese defensive victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1797–1798) Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand	Rattanakosin Kingdom Lanna Kingdom Kingdom of Vientiane	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese victory
Burmese–Siamese War (1802–1805) Location: Lanna Kingdom, Northern Thailand	Rattanakosin Kingdom Lanna Kingdom Kingdom of Vientiane	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese victory Siam gains control of Chiang Saen
Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812) Location: Phuket	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese victory Siam successfully defends Phuket from a Burmese invasion Tenasserim Coast is depopulated
Cambodian rebellion (1811–1812) Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam	Cambodian pro-Siamese faction Rattanakosin Kingdom	Cambodian pro-Vietnamese faction Nguyễn dynasty	Cambodian pro-Vietnamese faction victory Vietnamese forces restore Ang Chan to the Cambodian throne
Siamese invasion of Kedah (1821) Location: Kedah	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Kedah Sultanate	Siamese victory Exile of Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II[15] Imposition of direct Siamese rule on Kedah Start of the Kedahan resistance[16]
First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826) Location: Burma, East Bengal, Manipur The storming of one of the principal stockades, near Yangon (Rangoon), 8 July 1824	British Empire East India Company Supported by: Rattanakosin Kingdom[17][18]	Konbaung dynasty	Siamese-allied victory Treaty of Yandabo Beginning of British rule in Burma Burma cedes Manipur and Tenasserim to Britain
Lao rebellion (1826–1828) Location: Central Laos	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Kingdom of Vientiane Kingdom of Champasak Military support: Nguyễn dynasty[a]	Siamese victory
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1831–1835) Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Nguyễn dynasty	Vietnamese victory Cambodia becomes a vassal state of Vietnam
Cambodian rebellion (1840) Location: Cambodia, Cochinchina	Khmer anti-Vietnamese rebels Support: Rattanakosin Kingdom	Nguyễn dynasty	Siamese-allied Victory Siamese intervention Cambodia independence from Vietnam Cambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty
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).	Rattanakosin Kingdom Khmer anti-Vietnamese rebels	Nguyễn dynasty	Stalemate Cambodia came under joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty
Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855) Location: Kengtung, Trans-Salween region	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Konbaung dynasty	Burmese defensive victory
Haw wars (1865–1890) Location: Eastern Cambodia, A Siamese army during Haw wars in 1865	Rattanakosin Kingdom Luang Phrabang	Haw Rebels (Red flag and Striped flag bands)	Siamese victory
Franco-Siamese conflict (1893) Location: French Indochina, Siam French ships Inconstant and Comète under fire in the Paknam incident, 13 July 1893	Kingdom of Siam	French Republic French Indochina	French victory; Land on east bank of the Mekong ceded to French Indochina	Paknam incident (1893)
Ngiao rebellion(1902) Location: Phrae	Rattanakosin Kingdom	Shan (Ngiao) rebels	Siamese victory
World War I (1917-1918) Location: Europe (Decapitation Boonpeng 1919) (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	Allied Powers:  France  British Empire  Russia (1914–17)  Serbia  Belgium  Montenegro  Japan  Italy (1915–18)  United States (1917–18)  Romania (1916–18)  Portugal (1916–18) Hejaz (1916–18)  Brazil (1917–18) China (1917–18)  Greece (1917–18) Siam (1917–18) ... and others	Central Powers:  German Empire  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria (1915–18) ... and co-belligerents	Siamese-allied victory Central Powers victory on the Eastern Front nullified by defeat on the Western Front Fall of all continental empires in Europe (including Germany, Russia, Turkey and Austria-Hungary) Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War – the collapse of the Russian Empire and the subsequent formation of the Soviet Union Widespread unrest and revolutions throughout Europe and Asia Creation of the League of Nations (more ...)

After 1932 revolution

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Notable battles
Boworadet Rebellion (1933) Location: Central Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lak Si and Ratchaburi	Thailand People's Party	Rebel faction led by Prince Boworadet	People's Party Victory Suppression of the rebellion, consolidation of power by the People's Party
Franco-Thai War (1940-1941) Location: French Indochina French Indochina	Thailand	Vichy France  French Indochina	Thai victory[19] Japanese-mediated armistice[20] Siem Reap, Phra Tabong, Sisophon ceded to Thailand	Battle of Ko Chang (1941)
Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941) Location:Thailand Map of the Japanese invasion of Thailand, December 8, 1941	Thailand	Japan	Ceasefire Thai alliance with Japan Thailand declares war on the Allied Powers.	Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan (1941)
World War II (1941-1945) Location: Southeast Asia (clockwise from top left)	Axis Powers:  Germany  Japan  Italy (1940-45)  Hungary (1941-45)  Romania (1941-45)  Bulgaria (1941-45)  Croatia (1941-45)  Slovak Republic  Finland Thailand (1941-45)  Manchukuo  Mengjiang	Allied Powers:  United States (1941-45)  United Kingdom  Soviet Union (1941-45)  China  France  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia (1941-45)  Greece (1940-45)  Denmark (1940-45)  Norway (1940-45)  Netherlands (1940-45)  Belgium (1940-45)  Luxembourg (1940-45)  Czechoslovakia  Brazil (1942-45)  Mexico (1942-45)  Philippines (1941-45)  Ethiopia Free Thai Movement	Allied victory Collapse of Nazi Germany Fall of the Japanese and Italian Empires Allied occupations of Germany and Japan and foundation of the Italian Republic Beginning of the Nuclear Age Dissolution of the League of Nations and creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers and beginning of the Cold War (more ...)
Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) Location: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia ( Dusun Nyor Rebellion 1948 ) Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500lb bombs on communist rebels in the Malayan jungle (c. 1950)	Commonwealth forces:  United Kingdom Federation of Malaya  Southern Rhodesia (until 1953)  Rhodesia and Nyasaland (after 1953) Fiji Australia New Zealand Supported by: Thailand (Thai–Malaysian border)	Communist forces: Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army Supported by: China[21][22][23] Viet Minh (until 1954)  North Vietnam (from 1954)[24][25][26]  Soviet Union[23][27]  Indonesia[22][23]	Thailand-allied victory Independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957
Korean War (1950-1953) 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	South Korea United Nations[b]  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Turkey  Australia  Philippines  New Zealand Thailand  Ethiopia  Greece  France  Colombia  Belgium  South Africa  Netherlands  Luxembourg Medical support  Denmark  Italy  West Germany  India  Israel[29]  Norway  Sweden Other support  Taiwan  Japan[30]  Cuba  El Salvador Spain[31]	North Korea  China  Soviet Union Medical support  Bulgaria  Czechoslovakia  East Germany[32]  Hungary[32][33]  Poland  Romania[34] Other support  India{[35][36]  Mongolia	Military stalemate North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled Subsequent U.S.-led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Armistice Agreement signed in 1953 Korean conflict ongoing Korean Demilitarized Zone established North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi) to South Korea.[37]
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.	South Vietnam United States  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Laos Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–75) Thailand  Philippines Supported by:  Taiwan Brazil[38]  Malaysia[39][40]	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao GRUNK (1970–75) Khmer Rouge  China  Soviet Union  North Korea Supported by:  Czechoslovakia  Cuba  East Germany  Poland  Romania  Hungary  Bulgaria  Sweden[41][42]	North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front victory Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam Communist forces take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Reunification of Vietnam Start of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War Start of the boat people crisis and Indochina refugee crisis Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Laotian Civil War (1959-1975) Location: Kingdom of Laos Laos	Kingdom of Laos Forces Armées Neutralistes (from 1962)  United States  South Vietnam Thailand Supported by: Philippines Taiwan  Australia  New Zealand	Pathet Lao Forces Armées Neutralistes (1960–1962) Patriotic Neutralists (from 1963)  North Vietnam Supported by:  China  Soviet Union Romania	Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese victory Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Exile of the Kingdom of Laos.
Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983) Location: Thailand (primarily East Thailand) Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels.	Thailand Royal Thai Armed Forces Royal Thai Police Volunteer Defense Corps Supported by:  Taiwan (until July 1981) Kuomintang 49th Division[citation needed]  United States[citation needed]	Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao[citation needed] Supported By: Khmer Rouge (until 1982)[citation needed]  Vietnam  China (from 1979)  Soviet Union	Thai government victory Amnesty declared on 23 April 1980 by the Thai government Order 66/2523 signed by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda Communist insurgency declines and ends in 1984
Cambodian Civil War (1968-1975) Location: Cambodia US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970.	Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975)  United States  South Vietnam Other support:  Australia  Canada  France  Malaysia  Singapore Thailand	GRUNK (1970–1975) FUNK Khmer Rouge (1968–1975) Khmer Rumdo  North Vietnam Việt Cộng Other support:  China  Cuba Czechoslovakia Romania  Soviet Union	Khmer Rouge victory Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia Creation, then collapse, of the Khmer Republic Establishment of Democratic Kampuchea Beginning of the Cambodian genocide
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.	Anti-communist forces:  Malaysia[43] Thailand[44][45] Supported by:  United Kingdom[46]  Australia  New Zealand[47]  United States  South Vietnam (until 1975)	Communist forces: Malayan Communist Party[48] Malayan National Liberation Army[48] Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983) Supported by:  China[49][21]  Soviet Union[49]  Vietnam (until late 1970s) North Kalimantan Communist Party	Peace agreement reached Communists agree to a ceasefire Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989 signed between the communists and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand Dissolution of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP)[50][51]
Third Indochina War (1975-1991) Location: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China	China Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge CGDK Lao royalists Hmong insurgents FULRO Thailand Supported by: North Korea[52]	Vietnam Laos People's Republic of Kampuchea Communist Party of Thailand Pak Mai Supported by: Warsaw Pact countries (until 1991)[52]	Vietnam-allied victory Removal of the Khmer Rouge from power End of the Cambodian genocide Pro-Vietnamese government installed in Cambodia China withdraws from Vietnam after 27 days of fighting Communist Party of Thailand abandons armed struggle Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia in 1991 1990 Chengdu summit leads to the normalization of relations between China and Vietnam Restoration of the House of Norodom Ongoing insurgency in Laos
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989) Location: Thai–Cambodian border, Gulf of Thailand	Thailand CGDK[53] PDK (Khmer Rouge) KPNLF FUNCINPEC Supported by:  China	Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–89) State of Cambodia (1989) Supported by:  Soviet Union  Poland[54]  Czechoslovakia[55]  East Germany[56]	Vietnamese withdrew Destruction of numerous guerrilla bases and refugee camps along the Thai–Cambodian border Isolated outbreaks of open hostility between Vietnamese and Thai troops Withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from the border in 1989
Thai–Laotian Border War (1987-1988) Location: Chat Trakan District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand Botene District, Sainyabuli Province, Lao PDR Noen 1428 (Hill 1428), the battlefield of Thai–Laotian Border War of 1988, view from Phu Soidao National Park, Chat Trakan, Phitsanulok.	Thailand	Laos  Vietnam	Peace talks in Bangkok Return to status quo ante bellum
1999 East Timorese crisis (1999-2002) Location: East Timor Destroyed houses in Dili	East Timor International Force: Australia  New Zealand  Thailand Brazil  Canada  Fiji  France  Germany  Ireland  Italy  Jordan  Kenya  Malaysia  Norway  Pakistan  Philippines  Portugal  Singapore  South Korea  United Kingdom  United States [57]	Insurgents: Pro-Indonesian Militias Aitarak Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Mahidi	Conflict ended Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia Stabilisation of East Timor
Iraq War (2003–2004) Location: Iraq Iraq War montage	Invasion phase (2003)  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Poland Peshmerga INC Supported by:  Denmark[58]  Netherlands[59]  Italy[60]  Spain[61] Post-invasion (2003–11) Iraq  United States  United Kingdom MNF–I (2003–09)  United States (2003–09)  United Kingdom (2003–09)  Australia (2003–09)  Turkey (2003–08)  Romania (2003–09)  Azerbaijan (2003–08)  Kuwait (2003–08)  Estonia (2003–09)  El Salvador (2003–09)  Bulgaria (2003–08)  Moldova (2003–08)  Albania (2003–08)  Ukraine (2003–08)  Denmark (2003–08)  Czech Republic (2003–08)  South Korea (2003–08)  Singapore (2003–08)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003–08)  North Macedonia (2003–08)  Latvia (2003–08)  Poland (2003–08)  Kazakhstan (2003–08)  Mongolia (2003–08)  Georgia (2003–08)  Tonga (2004–08)  Japan (2004–08)  Armenia (2005–08)  Slovakia (2003–07)  Lithuania (2003–07)  Italy (2003–06)  Norway (2003–06)  Hungary (2003–05)  Netherlands (2003–05)  Portugal (2003–05)  New Zealand (2003–04) Thailand (2003–04)  Philippines (2003–04)  Honduras (2003–04)  Dominican Republic (2003–04)  Spain (2003–04)  Nicaragua (2003–04)  Iceland (2003–04) Awakening Council Supported by:  Iran[62][63] Artesh  Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga	Invasion phase (2003)  Iraq Ansar al-Islam[c][64] Post-invasion (2003–11) Ba'ath loyalists SCJL JRTN Sunni insurgents AQI (2004–06) ISI[65] (from 2006) IAI Ansar al-Sunnah (2003–07) Others Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others Supported by:  Iran IRGC Quds Force[66]	Thailand-allied victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party-led regime and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq Rise of Iraqi insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria
South Thailand insurgency (2004–present) Location: Southern Thailand (Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat) Souththailandmap	Thailand RTARF RTP VDC Support:  Malaysia[67][68]  Indonesia[67][69]  Qatar[70][71]  Bahrain[72]  Turkey[73]  Germany[74][75]  New Zealand (forensic science)[76]  Australia (intelligence support)[77][78][79]  Russia (intelligence support)[80][81]  Canada (mine clearance)[82][83]  USA (CIA,[84] EOD,[85] K-9[86])	BRN RKK GMIP BIPP PULO Jemaah Islamiyah[87] Former support: Aceh (until 2005)[88] Mayaki Cartel (financial support)[89]  Islamic State East Asia Province (minimal presence)[90] Drug cartels[91][92] Mayaki Cartel[93] Xaysana Cartel[94] Usman Cartel[93] Oil smugglers[95][96][97] Pirates[98]	Ongoing
Cambodian–Thai border dispute (2008–2011) Location: Thai–Cambodian border Phraviharngopura	Thailand	Cambodia	Conflict ended ICJ decision awards promontory of Preah Vihear to Cambodia[99]

See also

• Military history of Thailand. https://www.eurasia1945.com/protagonistas/ejercitos/batallon-oriental/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/seogx0/wicha_thitawat_a_thai_in_the_wehrmacht_circa_1939/

Notes

1. Vietnamese observers totaled 80-100.^{[citation needed]}
2. On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%, ROK: 23.3% other UNC: 6.3%^[28]
3. against both Iraq and the United States