Why wasn't Thailand Colonized?
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Siam: Let's be neutral
Britain: Okay
France: Wait. (steals Laos & Cambodia) Okay.
France swept Laos under the rug 😂
@@GalluZ "Nothing to see here."
Correct. It was only lucky that the two super powers decided the fate of Thailand. They needed a neutral country between their empires.
wait lemme just... (takes Cambodia)
Britain let me steal Burma
But don't pretend we didn't notice that loss of Laos to France in the middle there!
The point still stands though
it's a bit more complicated than uou think, everyone noticed that "loss" obviously
@@Wazkaty : Yes, there's also some loss of Cambodian and (although I can't see it while it's happening) Malaysian territory.
And also Cambodia
@@tobybartels8426 those territories were more like a client state, although they doesn’t recognise Siamese sovereignty over them.
Brit signed treaties with the Siamese, and gained control over those states.
They got balls of steel, even the ladies.
That was a ladyboy. A very common mistake.
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Lol got me..
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Searching for this comment 😂😂😂😂
Actually Thailand was colonized and is still a territory of 7-Eleven.
As a Thai,I can confirm it😂😂
The 7-Eleven empire is ruthless, they have Taiwan in their clutches too!
@Luniel11 Let me guess. It's American and Japanese imperialism, right? 😂
@@judebrianlarderalol(7-eleven แ***อยู่ทุกที่เลย lol)
@@paisuk6566no swearing คําหยาบหาพ่อ
Because it was full of Siamese cats, and they are famously unruly.
I tried to pet one and it scratched me 😢
I thought it was because it was full of such great kickboxers
ye and they knew muay thai
They are Siamese if you don't please
@@مدفعيةالله 🤣🤣
As a Brit I can confirm it’s because they have good food. They scared us off with it
lmaoo the British never had a good dish so sad
How did you overcome India?
@@Nicolas_II we burned their food so they didn’t have any
@@fireiron369Now Britain is West India plus with Pure Indian PM.
@@fireiron369Now Britain is West India now.
Real reason Thailand never colonised because Thailand never plagued on power struggles unlike Malaya which Malay monarchs are fighting each other for the crown. Malay Sultans were signing agreements with the British in order to get the crown.
Toungoo dynasty joined the chat
😂😂😂
Bullshit...what crown?
@@Sedy96-g1z You didn’t know Pangkor Treaty?
@@Alozhatos Pangkor Treaty is not a fair treaty..it just British trick to colonize Malay archipelago...The Sultans have no choice...
Thailand also didn’t primarily consist of a coastline which colonizing powers could take advantage of with their navy, instead forcing infantry to trek into the dense jungles disrupting logistics, fighting etc. This allowed the Thai to take advantage of their uncoordinated/unprepared advances in the jungle much more effectively like the Vietnamese did in the Vietnam war.
Yet vietnam was colonized your point is faulty.
@@businessmanbrute2211 how does Thailand not being colonized have anything to do with that? I compared similarities between military aspects of the Thai resistance and the Vietnamese resistance both of which being successful in said comparisons such as the Vietnamese war and Thailand not being colonized. So I think your point might be a little faulty bud.
@@iheartza There was little fighting between the colonizers and thailand. If it was really about millitary might and geographical advantage Vietnam wouldn't have been colonized. You compare a situation that happened a century later. I guess it is even hard for yt shorts commentors to comprhend english sentences.
@@businessmanbrute2211 why do you think there was little fighting bud? surely wasn’t because of the unfavorable geographic circumstances involving horrible guerrilla warfare. If you could comprehend English sentences you’d see I said Thailand doesn’t primarily consist of coastline, whereas Vietnam does. You’re slow my friend I’m sorry.
@@iheartzayou got dunked on and you are seething 😂
Thailand also strategically ceded bits of land here and there apparently
Yes Southern Thailand notably. Kedah, Perlis, Northern Perak, Kelantan and Terengganu.
Damn those Europeans were greedy
@@Alozhatos i mean, as a malaysian, thanks! After our independance on the year 1957 and the formation of our country in 1963, we get to inherit the lands that the brits stole off you guys. Sorry
@@yacobz It's called dominant not greedy. Same reason you're still speaking our language
@@tpower1912 whatever makes you feel better bud
So the factors are:
1)Effective rulers
2)Diplomacy
3)Geography
4)Modernisation
5)Strong Culture(Nationalism)
Noted.
P.S. I forgot to add in One more IMPORTANT factor which is Unified under 1 rule/head. Unification is another damn necessary factor.
I am proud of Thailand for not being colonised even though I am not Thai. Salute.
Exactly!
While Malay monarchs in Peninsular are struggling with power struggles.
Apparently they learned the better way to start a revolution from the flaws of the Japanese's revolution. While Japan shut down all of its ports and refused to interact with the western world, Thai did the exact opposite and maintained a relationship with the big boys. The only problem is that they were too loose with their policies so their culture became heavily influenced.
and more important one is our King Rama V was travel to Europe and getting some respect from European too then King Rama V has allied with russian empire with Romanov Dynasty too.
@@Hans-lk1hh I know.
As the comments show, one of the most impressive feats of diplomacy in history was the thai monarchy investing in promoting thai food in every developed nation worldwide, even those with a relatively low number of Thai immigrants. It's has done more for the reputation of Thailand than almost anything else.
Well the food and Muay Thai being an incredibly popular and effective martial art worldwide.
The monarchy didn't do that... That was the government.
Thai people did it by themselves, Thai monarch didn't even let Thai people can registered local history museum. Common Thai people strong because lack of support from their's monarchy.
@lionized1908 The government didn't do much shit. It's just Thai food is delicious 😂
Thailand also conquered parts of Cambodia from the weak French Vichy regime.
And tried to resist to the Japanese army,losing in 6 hours and joined the axis to the rest of the war.
Not so much "conquered" but rather, was awarded Battambang and much of north western Cambodia in exchange for agreeing to becoming a Japanese ally.
Basically Thailand’s strat throughout the last 2-3 centuries: “wtf is moral? Whichever side is winning, we’re with you”
Can’t even be mad at the bastards tho, worked for their people.
You mean "re-conquered." The French took Cambodia from Thailand in 1863 and made Thailand a protectorate.
@@Monatio79 I know Thailand got those land because of the Japanese verdict but that shouldn't recognize as an award from Japan. The war between Thailand and Vichy France occurred long before Japan offered alliance to Thailand. It is a plan by Marshall Plaek to invade and reconquered the once part of Siam territory to create a Greater Thailand.
@@Monatio79no they conquer it... French foreign legion get all beat up but Thai prime minister want to lick japanese balls so he agree to stop the war(just to impress japanese) then japan just took all indo china from him then he realise he join wrong side
To be honest the food is to good to not be respected.
This is very true especially their traditional tea.
I have never tried Thai food, bit I've heard it's very spicy, and I like the -taste- sound of that.
I know this is a joke but i honestly like Vietnamese and Burmese food more then thai. It's a shame they both got colonized especially since they were relatively powerful states at the time
@@aeonicfx5254lue food is low key Fire
It was too spicy for the British
Because of the guidelines "Diplomacy over the military" of Thailand at that time With the good relationship between the Thai King and the Tsar of the Russian Empire Russia provides protection to Thailand French newspapers have clearly mentioned this matter. This was mainly due to France's desire to have Russia as an ally to counterbalance Prussian influence.
Well the French did try to christianize and establish a Protectorate on the Kingdom of Siam
They even held a Fortress in Bangkok
Until the Siamese Revolution of 1688 which also led to the Deposition of the Pro-French King, Narai, began
After the Siamese won the Siege of Bangkok, the French Negotiated a retreat from Siam also influenced by the beginning of the War of League of Augusburg back in Europe
the Portuguese influence and legacy was long established in that region centuries before the Brits and French left their mark . initially acting as traders, pirates, missionaries and then mercenaries assisting both the Burmese and Thai kings in their regional wars. the Vietnamese language also uses Italics because it was easier for Portuguese missionaries to teach the gospel using their alphabet. it's a very monumental period of history as it was the first time people from that part of the world were exposed to European material culture , military technology and Catholicism. also, traders from Portugal first introduced certain foods from the new world that are now integral to the cuisines of South East Asia. Portuguese was the de facto European language in that region when other Westerners first arrived . yet sadly, many history books tend to only focus on the arrival of the British and French overlooking the Portuguese legacy.
@@bconni2
Thailand will still be Buddhists
@@bconni2In Thai history book they told more about Portuguese than the french or brit... But the dutch it truely get overshadow
@@bconni2Portuguese bring chili to Thailand
Why did Siam lose a big chunk in the north?
I think it was a gift - it was also all jungle so they didn’t need it and didn’t want it. Also why Russia sold Alaska to the USA - they didn’t need or want it.
@@crackingfishes1167 for Russia back then they needed some money so they sold it . And they want it back
I don’t know about northern part but as a Malaysian I do know why Thailand ceded southern Thailand to British in 1909.
@@SamsungSamsung-vk9esRussia didn't sell it for money, the sold it because they couldn't protect it and didn't want the British to take it
Laos was a vassal of Siam until the 1890s when it was annexed by the French, so on the map it's included as part of Siam until then
Sawadee krap! 🙏Thank You RAMA the 5th. You are remembered as one of the greatest rulers of Thailand!🇹🇭
Thai ppl are smart and kind, they keep good relationships with everybody, now they are one the few countries that is friendly with USA, China and Russia at the same time. Friendly with everyone. They are good at diplomacy
Thailand technically had a piece colonized by France
We lost land in wars, but weren't colonised.
Better to lose a hand than the whole arm, right?
those are just territorial loses it happened even to France and Britain.
@johngaelnox5447 it was moreso just a shave.
@@WarShorts.never colonized because you pimped your mothers, daughters, aunts, sisters and grandmothers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
-France colonized Vietnam
-Holland colonized Indonesia
-Spain colonized the Philippines
-Britain colonized Hong Kong
But none ever colonized Thailand.
Japan colonized Siam (1941 - 1945).
@@timetraveler2518 they were subjugated, not colonized
The video literally tells you why…
Hong Kong was a country before Britain took it?
@@sinoroman It was never a country, but it is an Oriental place.
Great respect for Thailand from Poland,
both value freedom above everything!
Then you did not know Thai... Freedom is never their priority, they fought their neighbours for thousands of years and could only win because of this foreign intervention, securing alliance and promise a land that was not theirs as the prize... Hence the brits got their secured land in the malaya. They also gave paths for the Japanese to invade malaya and attack brits. They're like cats, loyal to what convenience. As the result Japanese conquered malaya and done unspeakable things to the people of the land. While thai really does just offers theirs as they have no honor
@@thevirtuoso4716 555 You are so fooled.
The Malay States had never win any war against Siam (Thailand) and should still be under Siam ruled if The British not intervene.
@@thevirtuoso4716In WW2 we Thais are (as always) to clever to loss our lives to protect British Malaya 55.
There is no need to fight (The Japanese) and loss many Thai lives in the war that is not ours.
I, a Thai, have never been as disrespected as when I was in the Tri-City area (Sopot, Gdansk, & Gdynia), Poland around the early-2000's.
@@KopWolf13 : Perhaps, the U.S. should have let Britain or France take over Thailand.
Now, Thailand has distanced itself away from the U.S. and is getting closer to the CCP & the Russians.
- because of Muai Thai! ...that sh** is SCARY!!
true lmao.
Sorry burmese lethwei were stronger.
@@daenghasriofficial yes “were” but now Muai Thai “Is” stronger.
@@daenghasriofficial Never stronger. Where are Lethwei champs in ONE?
Meanwhile Nepal: to remain sovereign we fight war with Quing empire and British empire and Many small neighbouring kingdoms 💀💀🗿🗿🗿
Respect from Vietnam 🇻🇳 🇹🇭
You realize Thai diplomacy to avoid war was to treat the Europeans as superior beings right? Vietnam refused to wear European clothes or treat the tây as their betters, so the French decided to invade
We cool! 🇹🇭❤🇻🇳🤙
I think vietnam deserve your independence more, you had to fight much more than us. Probably gonna surpass us too in economy in the not so far future too.
Their position isn't strategies for trading. That why Malaysia get colonize even doing diplomatic relations.
True i LOVE tomyam as a Chinese its just too good
Thailand is never colonised but they adapt the culture of Britain, Portuguese, and France
True! An egg dessert from Ayutthaya was influenced by the Portuguese. The Western-style Siamese fashion culture during King Rama V and King Rama VI was influenced by Victorian fashion.
Also, Thailand (Siam) adopted the British "Westminster model" as a model for their government when their country officially became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
Look at Grand palace where Thai architecture was on the top of western building 😂
I LOVE THAILAND
Why? It is hot as hell.
Because king rama v knew politic world well. He built relationships with russia which french and England won’t dare to mess with.
Plus, No power struggles between Thai monarch.
It is. All about Russia USSR at that time no body dare to mess with USSR
How did France take Laos?
take it.
Their king was a vassal of Siam but rebelled against them through the 19th century, in the 1890s their capital city was raided by a dissident Chinese army and the French agreed to intervene in exchange for Laos becoming a French protectorate
Thailand aka Siam is the Ethiopia of SE Asia the one ancient nation in the area to avoid the 18th and 19th century European colonization invasion.
Axumites (Ethiopians) really had to fight back
@@Speedofdark339 True that. I think b/c the Europeans have a smidge more respect for Asians than for Africans. That whole "curse of Ham" BS.
It's hard to believe European colonists & kidnappers had any respect for any non-europeans
Love to all Buddhists and hindus of southeast asia from and indian hindu❤️
They werent colonized by Japan during ww2 because they joined axis power😂
That was not colonization though
When Japan attacked British Malaya, the Thai let them use their country as a staging point to enter the northern part of British Malaya.
@@VagueSpaces yes, but they didn't need to put effort at colonizing Thailand as long as they could force them to become their ally instead
Man thinking about this some more and you just realize how OP Western Europe was.
It's really just automatic guns why Europe couod beat other nations, I mean, the French, British and the Germans lost to the Māori and Sāmoan warriors even tho they were what they considered savages. And when Europeans had to go up against Japan which had modernized they also had various problems
The Europeans also were aware of the might of automatic rifles and were cautious not to sell them much, which is why the Africans could never independently produce Maxim guns but could produce muskets
Calls Europeans colonizing 90% of the planet “OP”. Calls the US trying to establish democracy in dictatorship nations “imperialist criminal”.
@@ryjitarose5590 I don't think it's a matter of riffles
Even with weapons some of this colonies are just lame and can't defend themselves
I mean if Spain could take down the Aztec and the Brits barely could beats maoris and Samoan it's just shows some are better in jungle tactics at the end Europeans are still OP 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
@@InterceptorUSit doesn't mean anything
Europeans are still OP fam. 😏
@@JADE-vc3dt I’m sure invasion and mass destruction don’t mean anything to Europeans. I mean both world wars were caused by Europeans. Typical European mindset.
Thailand was ruled essentially by high quality aristocrats, with a very strong knowledge of political philosophy and political science. Very adept leaders. Good on them. A few educated men, saved their nations sovereignity.
* Whispering * "they never got Thailand"
Wasn’t the reason because France and England wanted a buffer state between their colonies incase war broke out again?
Bro buffer state in siam is middle of country to northern. yeah it small but British and France still can't colonize so they dumb lol and say sism is buffer state so loser country
Not really. British Burma (formerly part of the British Raj/"British India") shared borders with French Indochina.
@@judebrianlarderanot that much land bordering though
This is the actual answer. Its location as a natural buffer state.
@judebrianlardera that was only much later. British demanded the shan states from siam so siam gave it to British in 1903 making French and British sharing border but actually its more of a jungle border so not much threat.
The smell of such delicious food kept us away from Thailand
And today, man worldwide colonize their woman 😂
an indirect insult to dishes of half of the world
the Portuguese influence and legacy was long established in that region centuries before the Brits and French left their mark . initially acting as traders, pirates, missionaries and then mercenaries assisting both the Burmese and Thai kings in their regional wars. also, the Vietnamese language uses Italics because it was easier for Portuguese missionaries to teach their gospel using their alphabet. it's a very monumental period of history as it was the first time people from that part of the world were exposed to European material culture , military technology and Catholicism. also, traders from Portugal first introduced certain foods from the new world that are now integral to the cuisines of South East Asia. Portuguese was already the lingua franca in that region when other Westerners arrived , yet sadly, many history books tend to only focus on the arrival of the British and French glossing over the valuable Portuguese legacy.
this comment is spot on. like the lao/thai dish called som tam which is a papaya salad with chilli and other stuff. Guess who bring both the papaya or the chilli from south america?
@@beau_de_jour thanks bro. i went on a little bit of a rant
I am Thai and I still feel hurt by the way France treats us.
You guys should totally get into contact with Algeria then
@@r7ahtesham885🇹🇭❤️🇩🇿
In what way?
Anyway, all the craps in the past is forgotten. Now, Thailand is about to be modern-day-colonization by the Russians and the Chinese.
🤡🤡🤡 la victimisation a de belles heures devant elle
Oui oui
When I was younger, I thought Siam/Thailand was a British possession.
God, I was an idiot.
Thailand 🇹🇭 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹 💯💯💯
Hmmm idk about Ethiopia since they got briefly occupied by the italians
I love Ethiopia too.
Ethiopia was occupied by Italy.
@@tomriley5790 Occupied. But not colonized
Different situation. Ethiopian fight off Italian invasion, but siam just give its territories to colonial powers without putting a fight. Its just luck that siam is a natural border between French and British territories saved its country from being colonised.
We were scared of the elephants. Too Tall.
The French were really close and actually had battle ships sailing up the Chao Phraya river. Rama 5 gave the French a bunch of money and ceded land in Laos to the French. The amount of money given was saved up since Rama 2 who started a fund in case the white man came knocking.
Cause of a low kicks
God bless Thailand 🇹🇭
I thought Thai don't have God.
@@kenz_7756they do Santa
Also in other religion Santa ain’t real 😂
Keep your God to yourself. We, the great majority of Thais, do not believe in God.
Thais mostly believed Buddhism so technically they didnt believed in God :Insert Nerd emoji here:
So… Rama V “fortified the nation” by… giving a bunch of it up?
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They know muay Thai
The French has savate
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Thanks of course 😊 Thailand strong why because not under domaint any colonize evenever Thailand 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🥰🙏🙏💪💪💪🙏❤️💪💪god 🙏👑 protect county 🙏 Thailand 🇹🇭🥰🙏
Toungoo empire enter the chat
great country
The long and short of it is Muay Thai and Spicy food.
Because of Sagat
This model worked well😊 for the Kingdom of Hawai'i up until 1893 when one of the many "dominant colonial powers in the area" violated its treaty and occupied😢 and administered the nation up until the present.😮
Thailand is so cheap，if they colonized，the price would not like that cheap，you know，the colonal need to have a holiday
and they go to Thailand for shopping fun
The colonial want to to go their colony
@@Grenpig Dude, stop spamming! We get it already.
What did the Japanese do in Thailand during WORLD WAR 2?
Only reason is that neither empire wanted to colonise it
Just an intended buffer state to maintain the borders between British and French. Nothing great.
@@daenghasriofficialwhop whop!
I think you guys came in with no knowledge.
Siam is one of the countries that has a port city in the center of the capital. Need to resupply when traveling from the Singapore Strait? You must stop in Thailand before going to China and Japan because the weather is not too hot, rainy, or cold, making it a great place. It is best grown in Asia.
@@daenghasriofficialThailand has not rejected being a buffer state. But they understood that in order to survive and receive as little damage as possible from resource-hungry invaders, which had a lot of teak (large pieces of wood) in the northeast), they elevated it to a buffer state between the two superpowers but did not. allowing Siam to be divided among itself
French and British didn't know how to check leg kicks back then.
Thailand did declare war on the allied powers in WW2. That says a lot.
Long story short, Japan
Was allied with Japan or conquered by Japan ?
If Thailand had joined every single war in the history instead of staying neutral they'd lose all of them
@@VagueSpacesbut they literally support Japan and help Japan take the territory in SEA
@@Lucoski77 Allied.
Summing up sounds easy, but I’m sure it was extremely hard for Thais in every way during that period! Great nation!😅
Yeahh..SAIIYEMMM...
Bill Wurtz *whispering*: They never got Thailand
I wouldn't be surprised if those treaties 📄 benefited britian🇬🇧 and france 🇫🇷 more than thailand(siam)🇹🇭.🤔
Yes that's why
Indeed.
Britain and France are still hungry. _They never got Thailand._
Muay Thais, are everywhere
Nah actually its just because of geographical advantage, being a natural boundary as sandwiched between 2 great powers french and britain just wanted siam to be independent to create a buffer zone so that the 2 great powers dont share borders with each other. Nothing great about that.
You surely don't have a chip on your shoulder to discredit the achievement of the thais at all.
Siam was already a nation state, unlike most of the rest of the non-European world which was occupied by tribes.
@_Young_dadbod So they weren't colonised. British India retained a great number of native states.
Tribes ? Don't be dumb
Asia had sophisticated civilisations while your ancestors were in caves. 16th century fall of bengal directly resulted in industrial revolution in England which shaped your society
If you visit the Thai historical sites and museums, you will see that the Europeans launched numerous battles against Siam. Plain and simple, the Thai people had the strategic and physical abilities to successfully protect their land from foreign invasion. They won significant battles and the overall war.
Because Russia directly intervened and threatened Britain and France.
Bro has an iq of 40 lol, why would russia intervene in a different state 1000km away from it
oh yea because britain and france were so scared of russia haha
@@dutchie1770 same year in 1863 when Russia threatened Britain and France from Physically intervening in the American Civil War.
Not really, Russia wasn't never a big menace during the 19th Century, gigantic country but unstable... Siam was more a buffer state, Brits and Frenchmen knew was better in that way, the late 19th century Franco-Anglo alliance was established due common fear of Prussia (later Germany), Germans were the dominant power in Continental Europe after Napoléon's France was defeated by the the rest of Europe in 1810's, Frenchmen and Brits didn't want to collaborate, they only did because Germany started to be a constant menace and well... Wars with Germany is the reason why Europe is now poor and woke.
@@JPJ432 if you think its as simple as Russia threatening them and them backing down then you dont understand how geopolitics works or any other related factors at the time...
Because The King and I was so good of a musical the Brits and the French just dont wanna touch it
เราภูมิใจในเอกราชไทย
You have forgotten Burma.
@@SV-kr9fu oh yes, Burma too🙂. Thank you
Thailand had to give 3 provinces to Burma, and got 3 Muslim Malay provinces in return. These Muslim provinces have been violently trying to leave Thailand ever since.
because the king of Siam liked to say “et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!” according to the King and I
Thailand, Japan and Ethiopia all had strong central governments that could deal with colonial empires on ""equal"" terms, while most of Africa and South and South East Asia were heavily divided between local kings and lords, makikg them easy prey.
Colonialism didn't become so successful through pure military conquest, that simply wouldn't have been viable, most colonialism was built by pitting locals against each other, arming your preferred side to gain "loyalty" and exploiting it.
If that sounds familiar... yes, that's still happening today. The powers just changed, and their methods became a little less militant due to the US total military dominance.
Girl talk
They tried, but 🇬🇧 got broke by war with Burma. And 🇫🇷 he made a good work got Laos and Cambodia but everything is stop when WW1 started and thailand join the alliance Because a good relationship between Japan and America
So this isn't racist , but yet why people want to be in their own countries over rated
Because people like making their own decisions. It's like asking why the Slaves wanted to be free
Also, to learn more, see the 1956 movie "The King and I".
Sai-am 😂😂😂😂 Its Siam, not Sy-am😂
Thai is Sai Am
Sa-yam
cope harder
@@loust1264Cope about what
I’m just now realizing that I’ve been mixing up Thailand and Taiwan in my head for years
It may have not been formally colonised but Britain and France simply agreed to divide it in half by two spheres of infuence instead meeting at the middle of the chao phraya river. Britain wanted sway in the North also for teak trading. Both countries soft power over Siam outweighed the "independence". Power lay moreso within the British than the French sphere if anything, as Britain had taken the Laotian town of Muang Sing on the right hand side of the mekong and was willing to return it to France on the understanding Siam would be a buffer. They replaced direct rule with economic and political manipulation and control. Cannot be explained in a few sentences..
Siam conquer pattani ( Malay region) . Burma conquer Tanah sari ( Malay region) . Pattani and tanah sari name is Langkasuka
Let's be clear siam is pronunced as sium
pronounce as Sayaam or Si-am
Nobody is going out of there way to find out every foreign pronounciation
@@Thetoucanman918 i know but our accent is simple to pronunce
@@thonzphetchanah1255 si-am
I pronounce it siyam and the i is like I in ‘Life’
during WWII, Thailand made diplomatic relations with Japanese Empire, giving some Malaysian states to Thailand
The term is invaded not "colonized" .
Colonised by a superior nation is the word
@@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9Iranians are superior not Europeans
No its definitly colonized/civilized
@@Angelcynn-x9m how can Europeans civilize anyone possibly that's what we Iranians did 2500 years ago
@@servantofsusa7838 🤣dont make me laugh you mean the same place where a woman was murdered for not wearing a hijab yeah mate you all go around using our inventions like cars for an example how Iranian you are so brainwashed honestly you haven't done sh*t and you certainly arent the original persians
"One of the only Southeast Asian nations"
More better described would be "One of the only nations"
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Because they all knew Muay Thai
Burma once colonized Thailand. It captured a Thai Prince.
Burma did not fully colonize Thailand.
@@NoahJudenStern It only lasted a few months.
The Burmese did not colonized Thailand they just conquered Ayutthaya.
nah man we dont count Ayutthaya era you learnless 💀
During that time , Siam also lost some teritory to these two countries to maintain the major part of the territory and now the country is named Thailand, the land of Freedom.
thank you very much
This is a true history
I'm a thai people 😊
They stole the Malay lands at Southern Thailand.
They lost laos and cambodia mid video, not like it was so easy to stay alive lmao.
Who cares
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not some in SEA thailand is the only country in the world that never been under any foreign occupation or rule
Thailand was colonized by Japan during WW2.
Occupied.
Yes we have lived in a world where why not colonization is the first query to an independent asian country.
The main reason for colonization was that the rulers of undeveloped nations or some leaders of states within fragmented nations like India, wanted the military strength of a European trading partner to help them to win wars against their indigenous neighbours. India being the best example. The subcontinent was a collection of states or kingdoms that were constantly at war. Even so this region was the economic superpower of the world, in the 14/15th centuries. The Europeans went cap in hand to Nawabs and Maharajas etc. to be allowed to trade with them. In exchange for access to the vast riches of the east, the European underdogs brought with them military technology the Indian rulers could hardly imagine. Empires were built by the aristocrats of Europe and the Royalty of some Indian kingdoms. The wars were beteen neighbouring Indian states and the rival European powers that had aligned to them. Thailand or Siam was a unified country with little or no internal insurrection.
British rule in India actually came about because the fragmented set of states were unified by some Indian rulers, assisted by the British East India Company's standing army, defeating Indian states assisted by the inferior army of the Dutch East India Company. They didn't land there and unleash the dogs of war against the population. It was a gradual process undertaken by the elites of Europe in combination with the elites of India. The Raj was just a natural progression as there was nobody to resist it.
It was so simple guys, if you couldn’t beat us like the Gurkhas you could have just asked to be chill with us, tut tut tut. Would have saved a lot of trouble lol.