Popular Post Stillearly Posted January 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 2 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Did enjoy thanks must put the war museum on my to do list , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Interesting to see that Siamese troops occupied Neustadt in Rhineland. Good video, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 7:48 PM, Stillearly said: Superb loved it. Knew nothing much about this but lucky old Neustadt. One of the major reasons Germans were so angry after the Treaty of Versailles was the French colonial occupation of the Rhineland. Basically Senegalese, Moroccan and Algerian troops behaved barbarically and the French did nothing to stop them raping, looting etc. Caused awful bad feelings among the Germans and rarely mentioned in histories. Well done the old Siamese soldiers. Great link thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Penevil Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Thank you for the video. I had a vague notion that the then Kingdom of Siam, along with a string of other countries, had declared war on Germany in 1917 once it became clear Germany would lose, but I had no idea Siam had sent an expeditionary force that took part in the occupation. Great info! Evil Edited January 25, 2022 by Evil Penevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 13 hours ago, nampla69 said: Basically Senegalese, Moroccan and Algerian troops behaved barbarically and the French did nothing to stop them raping, looting etc. Much the same in WWII. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Yes, I enjoyed the video clip very much. I had no idea that Siam had any interest in WW1 let alone some direct involvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 My wife’s great-great grandfather was the last surviving Thai veteran of WWI. On the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, France awarded him and all the other surviving veterans their Legion of Honor and he was given an honorary promotion to 2nd Lieutenant. Four years later when he died, the King of Thailand lit the flame for his funeral pyre in Bangkok and the flame was sent to Phitsanulok. His ashes were pressed into amulets and given to the generals in Thailand’s army. 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerchris Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 WOW did not know that Thailand in ww1 great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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