Traveling the World

The Victory Monument located in the center of Bangkok was erected in 1941 to honor the glorious Thai win over the French in Indochina that gave them back land ceded in the late 19th century. This small-scale war lasted only a month, and resulted in few casualties. Nonetheless, the Thai military commander was so enthralled with getting the land back that he had the monument built.

The reality is that the Japanese forced them to end the war, as France and Thailand were both it’s allies, and it was preparing to fight in the Second World War. Having its allies fight each other meant they would be unable to help them.