Matrix Games Forums

 Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

Thai aircraft in WW2

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> Thai aircraft in WW2 Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:10:16 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		Ki 21




Attachment (1)

_____________________________
Post #: 1
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:11:30 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		Ki 43




Attachment (1)

_____________________________




(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 2
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:14:33 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		Ki 27




Attachment (1)

_____________________________




(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 3
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:20:39 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		Curtiss Hawk 3




Attachment (1)

_____________________________




(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 4
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:21:51 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		Martin 139 (B 10)




Attachment (1)

_____________________________




(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 5
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/8/2019 4:25:05 PM   
Leandros


Posts: 1740
Joined: 3/5/2015
Status: offline 		Curtiss Hawk 75-N:






Attachment (1)

_____________________________

River Wide, Ocean Deep - a book on Operation Sea Lion - www.fredleander.com
Saving MacArthur - a book series on how The Philippines were saved - in 1942! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D34QCWQ/?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&ref=series_rw_dp_labf

(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 6
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 10:15:39 AM   
LeeChard

 

Posts: 1099
Joined: 9/12/2007
From: Michigan
Status: offline 		I had no idea they had that many different planes. Very cool, thanks!

(in reply to Leandros)
Post #: 7
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 10:42:48 AM   
LargeSlowTarget


Posts: 4443
Joined: 9/23/2000
From: Hessen, Germany - now living in France
Status: offline 		The mod "War option 1941" by Skyland contains the Thai Airforce (and Navy). With his kind permission I have used his data and art files in my Bottlenecks mod.

_____________________________

AE Mod "Bottlenecks" UPDATED 01/2022

(in reply to LeeChard)
Post #: 8
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 3:11:02 PM   
spence

 

Posts: 5400
Joined: 4/20/2003
From: Vancouver, Washington
Status: offline 		It seems that the Thais had a bunch of airplane types but roughly how many of each?

The Thai forces didn't do much to assist the Japanese from what I've read.

(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 9
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 4:05:23 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		The mod RHS also has the Thai army, navy and AF units.

_____________________________




(in reply to spence)
Post #: 10
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 5:33:55 PM   
spence

 

Posts: 5400
Joined: 4/20/2003
From: Vancouver, Washington
Status: offline
quote:

The mod RHS also has the Thai army, navy and AF units.


I got the impression from multiple sources that the Thais were something much less than stalwart supporters of the Japanese. I read somewhere that those Ki-43s were used on occasion against both Allied and Japanese a/c. I also saw a TV Special about the Burma RR that claimed that up to 90,000 Thais died due to mistreatment while building that RR (along with many Indonesian "volunteers"). The Thais also changed leaders during the war to a much less supportive (of the Japanese) leader and the Japanese Army in Thailand changed over from a garrison force of mostly service troops to a regular Combat "Army".

Does the RHS mod account in some way for this change as the war wears on or does it simply add a bunch of units to the Japanese OOB?

(in reply to m10bob)
Post #: 11
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/9/2019 7:20:17 PM   
BBfanboy


Posts: 18046
Joined: 8/4/2010
From: Winnipeg, MB
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: spence

quote:

The mod RHS also has the Thai army, navy and AF units.


I got the impression from multiple sources that the Thais were something much less than stalwart supporters of the Japanese. I read somewhere that those Ki-43s were used on occasion against both Allied and Japanese a/c. I also saw a TV Special about the Burma RR that claimed that up to 90,000 Thais died due to mistreatment while building that RR (along with many Indonesian "volunteers"). The Thais also changed leaders during the war to a much less supportive (of the Japanese) leader and the Japanese Army in Thailand changed over from a garrison force of mostly service troops to a regular Combat "Army".

Does the RHS mod account in some way for this change as the war wears on or does it simply add a bunch of units to the Japanese OOB?

My understanding is that the Thai government was not totally unhappy with their British territory status - they got rapid modernization and a decent economy- so they tried to stay as neutral as possible while recognizing the IJA was not going to be stopped by British or Thai resistance. So they "permitted" the Japanese to occupy the country and use their airfields while keeping a modicum of autonomy in their government.

They sat on the fence until it became clear the Allies were beating the pants off the Japanese everywhere and would eventually retake Indo-China. There may have been some OSS-type contact with the Thai leaders to set up resistance for when the time came to revolt. Perhaps the Allies also had a hand in the change of government - I don't know.

I don't think there was any invasion into Thailand until just before the end of the war, so the country was relatively unscathed (except for what the Japanese did to their people) the Thais welcomed the return of Western investment. From what I saw visiting Thailand and Laos (and have read/viewed about Burma, Malaya, Cambodia and Vietnam), Thailand has emerged as the most stable and prosperous country of the region - a dividend of not getting into a shooting war with Western powers or the Japanese.

_____________________________

No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth

(in reply to spence)
Post #: 12
RE: Thai aircraft in WW2 - 2/10/2019 12:57:31 PM   
m10bob


Posts: 8622
Joined: 11/3/2002
From: Dismal Seepage Indiana
Status: offline 		The Thai were willing to ally themselves with Japan in the first place by the fact Thailand had a short war against the nearby French forces just before the War in the Pacific which lasted long enough for France to send over relatively decent planes (for the time) like those Potez's and the Morane Saulniers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Thai_War





Attachment (1)

< Message edited by m10bob -- 2/10/2019 1:06:29 PM >

_____________________________




(in reply to BBfanboy)
Post #: 13
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> Thai aircraft in WW2 Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

0.703