Siamese-Vietnamese War 1841–1845

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Thai-Vietnamese War
Wat Oudong in the old capital of the embattled Khmer Empire
Wat Oudong in the old capital of the embattled Khmer Empire
date 1841 to 1845
place Cambodia
Casus Belli Both sides tried to secure or expand their influence over the Khmer empire
output Vietnam was defeated and both sides reached a compromise that kept Cambodia under Siamese and Vietnamese control
consequences The influence of Siam on Cambodia grew as a result
Peace treaty 1845
Parties to the conflict

Flag of Thailand (1817) .svg Rattanakosin ( Siam ) and Khmer insurgents

Long Tinh Kỳ (Dragon Star Flag) nhà Nguyễn, 1802-1885.png Đại Nam ( Vietnam ) under the Nguyễn Dynasty and Cambodia under the Vietnamese Protectorate

Commander

King Rama III.
General Chaophraya Bodindecha
King Ang Duong

Emperor Thiệu Trị
Queen Ang Mei


The Siamese-Vietnamese War 1841-1845 was an armed conflict between Siam (forerunner of today's Thailand) and Vietnam for supremacy in Cambodia .

prehistory

After the Siamese-Cambodian War of 1831–1834 , King Ang Chan II (1791–1835) ascended his throne again with the help of the Vietnamese and ousted the usurper appointed by Siam. The Cambodians soon discovered, however, that they had only swapped Siamese with Vietnamese supremacy. After Ang Chan's death, the Vietnamese ruled even more overtly by putting a queen on the throne by her grace, Ang Mei . When the Vietnamese became more and more repressive, there was a popular uprising of the Cambodians in 1841, in which many members of the upper class were killed. Without help, they could not stand against the overwhelming power of the Vietnamese with their around 50 garrisons or even drive them out of the country.

The Cambodians turned to Siam for help, where Ang Chan's youngest son, Ang Duong (1791-1860), lived in exile. King Rama III. was only too happy to support the Cambodians as he saw an opportunity to weaken Vietnamese influence in the region.

Military conflict

The Siamese King Rama III. commissioned his experienced general Phaya Bodindecha to build an invading army into Cambodia. After the end of the rainy season in 1841, Ang Duong returned from exile with a Siamese military escort to ascend the Cambodian throne.

This immediately brought the Vietnamese troops on the scene, which began to fight both the Cambodian insurgents and the Siamese soldiers from the numerous garrisons. However, since their forces were inferior, they were gradually cut off from supplies and eventually defeated. Nevertheless, they did not withdraw, but continued the fight and could thus weaken the Siamese will to win.

Peace treaty and consequences

In 1845 a peace treaty was signed between Siam and Vietnam, which provided for joint rule over Cambodia, whereby the Siamese received more influence than the Vietnamese. Ang Duong (ruled 1845 to 1860), who was favored by the Siamese , was appointed king and crowned in 1848, who went down in Cambodian history as the great king.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chandler (1996)
  2. ↑ Wood (1974)

literature

  • David P. Chandler: A History of Cambodia . Boulder / Colorado: Westview 1996.
  • WAR Woods: A History of Siam: from the earliest times to the year AD 1781. With a supplement dealing with more recent ecents . New York: AMS 1974.
  • David K. Wyatt : Thailand: a short history . New Haven / Connecticut: Yale Univ. Press 1984.

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