 Luang Wichit akanyora mitambo inoverengeka yakakurumbira yaikudza pfungwa yemapoka emarudzi akawanda aiva muumambo hukuru hweThai uye yakashora uipi hwoutongi hwechikoloni hweEurope. Kuratidzira kwevanhu vaida rusununguko uye kwairwisana neFrance kwaigara kuchiitwa muBangkok, uye pakupera kwa1940 kurwisana pamuganhu kwakatanga pamuganhu weMekong. Muna 1941 kurwisana kwakashanduka kuva Hondo duku yeFrance neThailandpakati peVichy France neThailand. Mauto eThailand akanga achitonga hondo yacho pasi uye mumhepo, asi Mauto Emasungwa eThailand akakundwa zvine utsinye muhondo yeKo Chang. Ipapo maJapan akapindira kuti aperekedze kurwisana kwacho. Kugadziriswa kwokupedzisira nokudaro kwakadzorera nzvimbo zhinji dzinopokanidzwa muLaos neCambodia kuThailand. 