First Indochina War - The Battle of Ko Chang
Time: Friday Jan 17, 1941
Place: Gulf of Thailand
Details: Thai military successes were limited to the Cambodian border area, and in January 1941 Vichy France's modern naval forces soundly defeated the inferior Thai naval forces in the Battle of Ko Chang. The war ended in May, with the French agreeing to minor territorial revisions which restored formerly Thai areas to Thailand.
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