 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, Thailand yaiva shamwari yeUmambo hweJapan. Muchiitiko ichocho, yakawana dzimwe nharaunda dzakabatanidzwa muThailand mukutsinhana nerusununguko rwekuti hurumende yeJapan igadzire nzvimbo dzechiuto munzvimbo idzi pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzeThailand. Nharaunda dzakawanikwa neThailand dzakatorwa kuFrench Indochina muhondo pfupi neFrancemukupera kwa1940 uye kutanga kwa1941 uye kubva kuBritish Malaya mukati mokurwiswa neJapan muna December 1941. Pana 25 January 1942, hurumende yeThailand yakazivisa hondo kuUnited States noUmambo hweBritain. Mauto okuchamhembe akatumirwa kunobatsira pakupinda muBritish Burma uye chikamu chenzvimbo iyoyo chakabatanidzwa. 