 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - MuHondo Yenyika II, Thailand yakakwanisa kushandisa kukundwa kweFrance muEurope kutora nzvimbo muCambodia neLaos muhondo pfupi. Pashure pokupinda kweJapan muThailandDecember 1941, Thailand yakabatana nemaJapan ndokutora mativi eBurma neMalaya. Kutonga kweThai kwakanga kusingagamuchirwi navagari vomunyika yacho. MuLaos, zvikurukuru, kupesana neirredentism kwakabuda pakati pevaLao vemarudzi avo vaida kuunza chikamu chikuru chokuchamhembe kweThailand pasi pokutonga kweLao. Vashomanene vavanhu vatsva veThailand vakazivikanwa savaThai mupfungwa ipi neipi. Hondo yacho yakaguma nokukundwa kweThailand uye kukundwa kwehurumende yechiuto. Thailand yakadzokera kumiganhu yayo yapamberi pehondo sezvakapedzisira kugadziriswa muAnglo-Siamese Chibvumirano cha1909. 