Thai Occupation of Germany - A Forgotten WW1 Operation
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- In 1918, a unit of the Royal Siamese Army marched into Germany to occupy part of the Rhineland - a fact that is largely unknown today. Discover the story of the Siamese Expeditionary Corps, Thailand's WW1 unit that served on the Western Front.
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Native Thai here
In school we were taught that we made a small contribution to the Allied powers in WW1, got a seat at the Versailles Treaty, and became a founding member at the League of Nations, but never told that we were given a small slice of an occupation zone
Thanks for the video, great content as always
To quote Edward fox, "to arrive head of schedule is bad form, in the nick of time will do just nicely "
My Thai friend has never mentioned the occupation to me - I'm sure he would have if he'd known.
noob
Vietnamese served in both Western and Eastern fronts, not just the Western front alone. The 1st and the 2nd BTI (bataillon de tirailleurs Indochinois) followed the French command first to the Dardanelles and then on to the Balkans, to help the outgunned Serbs push back against the Bulgarians. Almost all of these men came the tough Thai Binh and Hai Phong areas where the bulk of the NVA was formed later during the Vietnam War.
@@DohuuVi served in the back of the front, they never engaged a solid line of infantry
I’m Thai and was never taught this in school. The only think that was taught was we arrived a little too late and just took part in the victory parade. I hope there would be more exotic stories like this in the future. Cheers!
I made a typo think is suppose to be thing
Dont worry, Supakit! This .."teaching FAKE-history" ...is worldwide! Remember: History and historybooks and the history curriculum(teachingplan!) ...is run by the victors, to coverup their original guilt ...to plan, to finance and finally to profit ....from "organized terrorist crime" ...which is called WAR !!! A few "british canons and guns" ...payed with Thaimens blood! Dirty deal!
@@supakritpulmanausahakul1650 you can edit your comment btw
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Supakrit Pulmanausahakul, Sawadee, krup! Would you mind to translate the writing on the side of the train at 00:10? Korb khun, krup!
Lmao im from the Rhineland
I am a westerner living in Thailand. Thailand seems to be the most misunderstood country in the world. So many misconceptions and incorrect assumptions about the country and the people. I have lived and worked around the world and am now 70. The people are easily the happiest and friendliest in the world, but do not make the mistake of disrespecting them. Everything here works well, medical is superb, and available for any budget. All the services are well run, and affordable. I can easily understand Thais having problems with the cold in Germany, it is never cold here, and even I can no longer take European cold weather.
ขนาดหนาวที่ประเทศไทยเรายังบอกว่าหนาว😅
@@bank0942 คุณหมายความว่าอย่างไร
@@andyrbush 555ฉันบอกว่าคนไทยทนความหนาวไม่ได้
Great post, totally understand your point. 👍🏻 Similar situation with Taiwan, I can confirm a lot of points there as well that you mention.
thank you for understanding us. luckily our infamy is largely unknown to us but for those who do venture outside, it’s really annoying and frankly demoralizing to say the least.
This channel is the way history should be done on social media. With a maturity and intelligent presentation 👌
@@mstewie9718 couldnt have put it better myself 👍
Agreed
But it would be banned. They are basically being run by internet savvy Stalin's. Knowing most are too stupid to switch, then what?
Just "cherrypicking" out single facts from a dirty thing like WWI ...is neither mature nor intelligent! Fake-History comes into being ...by leaving away the "circumstances of the decades" ...may it concern geopolitics, social reality, state of economy, concurrencies, "ideological wars" ongoing, territorial disputes, financial interests of international banking syndicates, "industrial devolopments"! Real Maturity and Intelligence is: Your own inquiry and investigation! Then ...you will discover fun inside ...and enjoy ROLLER COASTING!
@@ptrhuber I hope you get well soon.
I'm so grateful to have Mark pumping out this great content, its certainly better than anything on TV
Hands down!!
If you enjoy well presented wartime history, I'd also recommend the Forgotten Weapons channel with Ian McCollum.
If you like Dr. Felton's videos, you should check out his books! "Ghost Riders" is an especially good read!
I tried to sweep that hair away for far to long my guy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me Too .
A minor correction: At 3:04, the name of the Siamese general is actually Pichai Charnyarit, the "Phraya" is basically a feudalistic title that Siam used until 1950s. Otherwise, thanks for covering this obsecure part of the history, doc.
"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein" could be compressed in English to "Field Marshall Lord Montgomery", with the military rank coming first and then the noble title before his name.
@@jordanbell4736 In Thai tradition, Nobile titles should not be given when in active military duty, similar to what you found in WW2 Japan or Qing China or in British Gurkha troops even today, all the Zamindar (lords) will not have their title in British Gorkha regiment.
He also butchered the pronunciation of “Phraya”
@@patimationstudios Him trying is what counts, I would be greatly appreciative if someone tried speaking to me in my language even if butchered..
@@patimationstudios Oh please. Stop being SO PETTY!!
One of the most popular conversions of rifles when I was a kid was to change the Siamese Mauser rifles to shoot the .45-70 cartridge. They are excellent!
I had one a few years ago.
@@spartanumismatics8165 that’s fantastic! A friend of mine had one and said that he could load it so hot that it would knock him over when he sat on the ground and fired it.🤣 Very strong actions! Great for stopping a Cape Buffalo that is mad at you.😁
@@keithweiss7899
G'day,
So..., what - precisely - did you do to annoy the Cape Buffalo ; sufficiently for it to decide to charge at you...?
Were ye flirting with his Harem of Cows, or trying to abduct his Calves ; or did ye merely set your Dogs (the Buffalo's traditional Ancestral Enemy...) onto him & his Herd...; or were ye persecutin' and tormentin' him in some other way...?
Vegetarian Herd-Animals are PACIFISTS..., y'see ; they only fight Predators and Competitors, so why were ye playin' Slap-and-Tickle with his Heifers, which was bound to provoke any Bull...?
Just(ifiably ?) wonderin'...
Don't ever annoy an Alpha Male Kangaroo..., after you miss hitting him (while trying for a Headshot at the top of the Hop...), he'll grab ye by the shoulders and with one flick of a Toenail he'll disembowel ye - causing ye to wake up in Hospital shitting into a Plastic Bag stuck below your Ribs - Colostomied by a Kangaroo for y'r temerity...(!).
(lol).
Such is life,
Have a good one.....
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot You merely have to be there. The most dangerous animals, many times, are vegetarian. The Cape Buffalo has a very nasty disposition by nature. Simply being there and him smelling you is enough. The hippopotamus is one of the meanest, most dangerous vegetarian animals out there. And he accounts for the majority of deaths in Africa. The bull elephant is also a very dangerous vegetarian. The bulls on our farm when I was a kid were vegetarian, but very dangerous. Simply judging an animal by his diet is no indication of how dangerous it is. They don’t call Cape Buffalo “Black Death” for no good reason. They don’t need a reason to hate you.
Interesting conversion choice. Most of those rifles I know were converted to 30.06 Springfield.
*I grew up in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and I had no idea about this part of it's history. Thank you Dr. Felton for sharing this with us!*
It would be pretty cool if people in the town would still remember about these Siamese soldiers.
@@Urlocallordandsavior the french ambassador does
Theres a time where they publish footage of siamese expeditionary force public
Thailand been popular since the medieval time due to it wealth and golden capital city, trading etc
But the time that Siam was pretty much popular were around since Victorian Era because of King Rama 5 that spreaded influences of himself and the national all over the world
So much that Siam monarchy were pretty close to european like Russian and Danish when he himself is the first asian leader to visit europe not sure if he visited every countries but for major ones like Britain and Germany havin a meet with kaiser wilhelm himself
I was never taught that at school in France, we are taught about the Brits, Americans, Aussies who helped and the colonies who had no choice but to "help", that's it, not a word about Siam. It's sad because no matter how small a help someone provides in a time of need, they should be remembered and celebrated. Thank you to Thailand.
The Japanese also played a part similar to Thailand but also in taking German colonies in the Pacific.
They didn’t really do that much
@@lanceflesher8165 then 20ish years later the Japanese would kill millions of Chinese people
Not surprized you weren't taught it, it's not exactly a major event... Plus French authorities were probably still salty about failing to colonize Siam.
Serving under British colonial rule is a strange definition of "help".
Mark Felton, I have a PhD in history and 25 years experience as a college history professor. Your detailed and highly interesting knowledge over a large number of little known events of the world wars leaves me feeling like a sophomore undergrad. I look forward to your next posting.
Not everything what this channel show is true, rather same details are wrong or simply a well calculated lie. To figure those „mistakes“ out; it need a well based knowledge. In many videos this channel continues the history channels program to fortify ww1 and ww2 propaganda. Example? In this Video Mr. Felton talk about that Siam got engaged in ww1 because of german war crimes in Belgium. A „neutral“ and based channel would explain that such rumors were allied war propaganda.
@@tomasdetorquemada6499 At the end of the day it's all Eurocentric.
@@farhanbrohan2746
England never care about Europe, only about itself.
Balance of Power. Support always the weaker one against the strong enemy - and keep superiority.
The inscription on the Thai version of the Victory Medal : " มหา สงคราม เพื่อ อารยธรรม," translates as Great War for Civilization.
Thank you! =^[.]^=
Which is the same wording as was used on all other versions of the medal.
That was what that war was generally called at that time. People didn’t know there would be a re-match in 1939…
ถ้าคุณไม่ใช่คนไทย ภาษาไทยของคุณไม่ธรรมดาเลย สะกดได้ถูกทุกคำ นับถือๆๆๆๆ
Eh we Thais finally got here in Mark's channel, what an honour
I am a German. Sadly, Germans are quite often talked about in Mark‘s video. ;D
Favorite Thai dish?
@@cowmaneater1243 definitely Pad Thai It's good, but you might be surprise that majority of the food we eat everyday are not those iconic one you find on a menu of Thai restaurant in other countries.
Yes me too on Thai history book never mention and no Thai document I can find story about this on English document lol
@@jirakitwwsd6719 I can definitely agree that Thai history book barely mentioned WW1 and 2
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This is the best 20th century history content on the internet. Keep it up Mark. You're doing humankind a good service.
When I first arrived in Thailand, in March 1983, on Khaosan Road there was an old building which was the center for Thai World War I veterans.
When did it close?
@@Urlocallordandsavior That's a good question, but I'm not sure. Pretty soon after I arrived, I think. I only stayed in Banglamphu for six weeks, then moved to downtown Bangkok for six months, then to Nakhorn Pathom. I remember noticing a year or two later that it was gone....
Imagine if the History Channel created documentaries as intetesting as Mark Felton's.
I absolutely love it when I see the notification of another video, I eagerly cannot wait to watch them.
The History channel is nothing more than propaganda these days...
If there are no aliens or storage containers, it’s not history, apparently…
Yeah but then we'd never know if they're going to get all those logs cut down in time.
@@johnkeith8072 they are paid shills, watched a documentary on H Channel that praised the commies Chinese for "Successfully Containing" the Virus back in December 2019
I always suspected the Nazi's got their idea's from the History Channel
"Met with indifference by the French" and "High handed French liaison officers" Great history aside, Dr. Felton's way with words and phrasing makes this channel the best.
To be fair the French helped a lot with it too
Indifference, the general attitude of the British and Europeans to all of their colonies. Place, race, colour, ethnicity and religion it just didn't matter or count one wit if your weren't from the Mother country.
Two tautologies ... Mark could've said "Met with indifference" or "High handed" ... or used just the other adjective instead - we'd all get the meaning anyway. :D
Native Thai here. This is awesome content I didn't know about this in history class. Thank you for showing this video. Cheers!
The World War with Covid is preventing me from returning to my favourite Asian country Thailand. I didn't know that Thailand sent troops to Europe to fight in WW1. They did so as an independent nation, not as a colonised one. Sonjai mak mak. Long Live Pratait Siam!
Astounding. A king who actually works/fights alongside his troops. Royalty that's actually earned their medals.
Excellent comment and Thanks .
that used to be a norm , but just as generals don't lead their men by riding a horse in front of their troops anymore, the Royals are too valuable to risk in such a wau. and their mere presence draws undue enemy attention. thats why Prince Harry was withdrawn from Afghanistan on his first tour as idiot msm leaked story out where he was. he would have created a disproportionate risk to himself and his troops being there..
Same thoughts, thanks for posting. Incredible education , detail and love the film and photo clips !! Thanks Mark Felton !!
this king is the reason thailand is free and prosperous today
@@Gruxxan sort of.......
Really appreciate this, all our expeditionary troops didnt see much combat or any at all, and those who died were from disease and from experiencing winter for their first times.
The last veterans name was Yod Sangrungruang died aged 106 in october, 2003
thank you people for not shoting civilians like the french did in their occupation zone.
I remember when I went to Khao San Road over 40 years, the World War I veterans had their building there.
Military flight has a long tradition in Thailand. In 1913, the Aviation Section of the Army Engineering Division was founded. About 100 of the men sent to Europe learned to fly in France. When they returned to Siam, they became the backbone of what later became the Royal Thai Air Force.
Once again Mark you've delivered a fascinating snippet from history which I don't think many of us were aware of!
Thank you!!
Only people who are "Bearers of Awareness" were aware of! Just watching details of original filmcontent ...it became clear: the "All LIES" ...really recruited people from all over the world to fight down a tiny country, because it successfully created inventions, made fantastic products, from which every nation profitted in their evolving civilization (like generators, ship motors, and much more!) Still today: Brits and Americans fight against german car industry and especially DIESEL motors! Invention by Rudolf Diesel, a speedrevolution 120 years ago! By the way: Diesel went to share his invention with Brits ...and got murdered by secret agents! Before: every ship was fired with british COAL! Then OIL became more efficient, Diesel engines in ships doubled the speed of world trading!
Thailand did a great job of repelling colonisation and should be respected. Considering the history of the surrounding countries it really is remarkable they managed to keep their independence.
It's probably why the country has been under attack and insult ever since. Even made a "playground" for filth. It's very sad
Japanese Tea Ceremony Incident
never miss the opportunity
It suited both the English and the French to have an independent 'buffer zone' between their colonies so neither made any real effort to colonise Thailand. They were both happy to take Thai territory when they redrew the borders though.
But the new generation of Thai want to become an colony just to learn English.
I served with the usaf in Thailand 1975-76 and found Thai military to be very professional, and veterans of Korea, Laos and Vietnam wars.
I was at U-Tapao 72-73, and you can't find a more friendly and polite people anywhere than the Thais.
When I was an officer cadet, we had a Thai cadet training with us. Yes, definitively very professional!
What if Thailand sent a fighter squadron? A German is frantically calling out, "I'm under attack by Thai fighters!"
Stormtroopers vs Thai Fighters
@@fritz404 Another civil war.
I'll take them myself. Cover me!
They would have been known for flying their biplanes sideways.
Well, he probably wouldn't say that because the country was called Siam at the time.
3:01 A Thai here, his name was not "Phraya". That is a nobility title, Phraya Pichai Charnyarit was not his actual name. It's also pronounced "Pra-ya", due to weird tendencies of Thai people to "fantasize" their names by adding Hs to beginning letters.
Winterman, my wife's Thai ( 2 kids thai born but nw Aussie) ive gotta compliment you on your written English, outstanding. Much better than most farung 's
First time I visited Thailand about 20 years ago I loved it and only had two brief frights: once in a hotel gym, late at night, when everyone stopped and stood in silence; the other time was on a busy street, when again everything stopped and people stood in silence, both occasions causing me momentary fright from not knowing what was happening. Both times it was a message from King Bhumibol, first on the TV sign off for the night, and then an announcement from a speaker someone set up outside on the street. I was very moved by the respect Thais showed for their King.
Actually, it's because we have 2 pronunciations of P (same with T and K cases) sound. Here's a difference :
- PH = Normal P (English P sound)
- P = "Spanish" P (P as in Espanya).
@@davidpitchford6510 At lease he was a respectable king, unlike his son we have now.
@@davidpitchford6510 I appreciate your compliment but the ugly truth is that the respect can really easily slip into zealotry. People would jump to insults and death threats at a drop of a hat, which I think is quite barbaric and uncalled for.
And that's not even mentioning the Lese Majeste law which gets used every now and then.
I've read several books regarding WWI and not one of them mentioned this. Thanks for unearthing these historical nuggets, Dr. Felton!
Nuggets??? First watch: "All Wars are Bankers Wars" and "Hellstorm at bitchute" and "Benjamin Freedman speech in Amsterdam" ! Books on Fakehistory ...are written by the victors, guilty for war and warcrimes ...unloaded on a tiny country like Germany! Only evidence you find in this video: "ALL LIES" recruiting soldiers from colonies ...or trading soldiers from Thailand for a "few lousy canons and guns"!
@@ptrhuber First, you don't have a clue which books I've read and, secondly, explain how the video footage is "fake news". I suppose the monument the Siamese/Thai government was erected for "fake" events and actors, too. And the citizens of Neustadt never encountered these soldiers?
Whether or not "bankers" funded the war, it doesn't negate the events depicted here, occurred.
@@Master_Petes_Theater You confessed: the footage presented ...was NOT mentioned in your history books! LoL! Maybe you are unaware about the present years "cancel culture"? It started with socalled "Revisionists" ...their books banned, their yt channels erased, public defamation against them! There are people who dislike details who may shine a new light on the bogus warpropaganda shite ...to coverup real interests and causes set ...to profit from wars! I, however, did not negate the evidence of Thais hired to support B´NaiBrith-Bankers interests to destroy an economic concurrent like Germany! A War ...which actually started with british "hunger blockade" ...from which millions died in Germany ...around 1906!!! ..sinking german trading ships loaded with food!
@@ptrhuber Let. Me. Make. This. Simple. For. You.
Not one history book or documentary can ever encompass all of the events that have occurred during years of warfare. Authors, by virtue of time and space limitations, are forced to make choices as to what, or what not, to include. That scope is vast! Most people are aware that Germany, France, Britain and later, the United States, were the main players in the drama that unfolded. So, it isn't a stretch of the imagination to understand those nations would be covered most thoroughly. However, within that scope, most people are aware that other nations and folks were affected, too. And many authors delve into their roles as well. But the depth and scope of that coverage varies too, as is reasonable to assume.
Dr. Felton chose to probe into events less known to history and present them to his audience. What's "fake" about that?
You'd be wildly inaccurate to ASSume that I've "confessed" to anything that you're claiming. 🙄😂
@@Master_Petes_Theater I think you're arguing with an Orange Man supporter ... :D
I'm glad to have your presentation of Thailand.🙏❤️🇹🇭
Dr. Felton, another interesting and informative presentation.
I can easily see how tears were shed on both sides when the Thai troops departed.
I attended Norwich University, the oldest of the USA'S private military academies, graduating in 1987. During my 4 year stay, I became friends with several Thai students, who were members of the Royal Thai Army and were sent by their Army to earn their bachelor's degrees and be trained in our cadet and ROTC programs. Each year we would recieve several new cadets.
A friend and I would hunt for ruffled grouse in the woods around Norwich, and were frequently lucky enough to bag a couple each. The problem was how do we cook our catch. The mess hall refused.
Enter our Thai friends. They frequently, and contrary to regulations, cooked traditional Thai dishes in their dorm rooms. My friend Kitipong (his full name is much longer) found US food to be very bland. And thus I had my first taste of Thai cuisine (inspiring a lifelong love) in the form of curried grouse, which the called forest chickens.
This episode brings back a wonderful memory for me, thank you.
The Thais and their nation certainly deserve their sobriquet as "The Land of Smiles ".
I imagine the residents of Neustadt were quite sad to see the Thai troops leave. Not just because the Thais had been friendly, but because their replacements would be French. At a time when French hatred of Germany was at an all-time high.
Until many years ago they were a fantastic people, unfortunately as our societies have deteriorated, Thai society has also deteriorated...and this I am very sorry ..... globalization kills everyone's roots
I grew and up and lived in Kaiserslautern for 8 years, I had never heard of this history of the Thai soldiers arriving to Neustadt from Kaiserslautern via train. Thanks, Mark.
I can't believe this channel is a one man effort. Well done Dr. Felton 👏👏👏
We used to learn in high school that in the era of King Rama VI, during the World War I Siam sent to soldiers to join the war in Europe. We've never watched this video. I watched this video and I wanted to cry. Imagine how many days these soldiers traveled to Europe. And he encountered a very different climate in Thailand. There were many soldiers who were sick. But they were patient and worked until the end. We are proud of our ancestors. Thank you, thank you, thank you for presenting this video.
Dr. Mark Felton has a gift for producing brilliant content at fascinating rate! Dr. Felton backs up every detail with proof of what he is saying is 100% true. Great work!
Well that's new. Never knew Siam was there! Great content as always. 🔥🔥🔥
I served in the USAF and in 1972 was assigned to Thailand for a year. I didn’t think I was going to like being in Thailand. I was wrong! The Thai’s are great people! I helped train and worked with Thai’s both military and civilians. I spent time with the Thai’s after work as well as on duty. I was glad to go home after my year was up, but it wasn’t because I didn’t like Thailand. It was because I just missed being in my own country.
A very fascinating video! Thank you.
Was going to take a nap but saw Mark Felton uploaded....sleep can wait
Love the interesting topics Dr Felton.
I genuinely love this channel because, like other great channels such as Oversimplified, it's one of those few channels that teaches history without pulling a History Channel and sensationalising the details. Keep it up, Mark!
Interesting video.
The previous Siamese king was a great man too. Rama V about a decade earlier decided that Siam would be the very first to recognize my home country, the brand new kingdom of Norway as a sovereign state.
Not alot of people know that, btw.
Very interesting, like always! Some additional fun facts: 1. Today Thailand and Germany are good friends. 2. Close to the mentioned town of Neustadt, in Otterbach, there is a Buddhist temple runned by a thai monk. 3. The king of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, spends most of his time in bavaria, Germany. Greetings from Germany
Another fascinating story I’d never heard of. Well done, Professor Felton!
Acclimating is very hard to do, which I know from personal experience. During the 2,000s, I spent several years in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. I traveled back and forth from the U.S. to Saigon spending many months there. I would start feeling the heat while in the air going into Saigon. The heat would bowl me over when stepping out of the airport. It would take weeks to adapt. Several times I suffered deadly illnesses and survived, by the grace of God. I can well imagine what it was like for the Thais being in Europe. It pays to learn as much as possible and prepare for the experience.
The theme music starts and I am like one of Pavlov’s dogs, excited to learn something very few others know about military history.
The real kicker was hearing that the last Siamese WW1 vet died in 2003. It really makes you think how momentous, seemingly ancient world events had participants in those events alive until just recently. Imagine getting to talk a Siamese WW1 vet in the 2000's, wow!
Another of those little masterpieces from Mark. It remains to be added that Thailand is one of the most popular travel destinations for Germans. Germans love the friendliness of the people, the culture, the landscape (and a few other things that don't belong here). When the tsunami hit Thailand in 2004, there were many, including private, fundraising campaigns in Germany to help the Thais.
Doesn't the current Thai king basically live in Germany? Certainly he spends most of his time there. (This is undisputed, I think, not rumor or gossip). The pandemic may have changed things--I don't know.
The British people collected 50 million pounds for the tsunami relief and the government had to equal it, God knows where it all went though........
@@jamesclendon4811 yes, he lives in Bavaria.
@@jamesclendon4811 Yes, Maha Vajiralongkorn lives secluded in Bavaria. He hardly appears in the German public. There are, however, photos of him going shopping in Munich. Rumors pop up here and there that there is concern for his mental health.
@@redrobur68 Maha Vajiralongkorn indeed has a resident in Bavaria.
In Thailand he is a God like person which he somehow fed up and would like to be just ordinary people and live a normal life. So a resident in somewhere peaceful and quiet in Europe would be nice. But why Bavaria? I haven't got a clue but definitely not UK weather or snobbish France.
Unrelated to the video, but I just passed my driving test. I'm pretty happy and super relieved lol. Have a great day, everyone.
Well done!
@@MarkFeltonProductions Thank you :) Sorry for clogging up your comment section with something unrelated lol.
@@MarkFeltonProductions hey mark love the research you put into your videos i have a question did king george order his family to ditch german titles and surnames and since the leaders were related I've read somewhere that they served in each others military or something like that holding titles in name only
Hans up: Congratulations! Being able to drive and having a car will open up a lot of opportunities for you. It is a great skill to have.
@@robertcolajezzi5273 ...Yes they did do that. The British royal family was; House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but changed to the House of Windsor. Lord Mount Batten was originally Battenburg...which means the same thing only in German.
Great pictures of my hometown, the city of Koblenz. German corner with the rivers rhine and moselle. Awesome to see. Thank you Mr. Felton
Married to a Thai and have lived here for 2 years. I’ve watched many of your videos Mark and been a subscriber for a long time, this video is especially interesting to me and my family. Thank you. Great video as always
I had absolutely no idea about this, thanks for doing a video on it!👍
Well done again. Having spent a month in Thailand and Vietnam right before the plandemic I can say with certainty that the Thai are a very welcoming and generally kind people. I like them very much. I like the Vietnamese people too. Never have I seen a culture smile more. It does not surprise me that the arrogant French mistreated them or that the German people of the Rhineland became friends with them. Both groups act the same towards the Thai when they visit Thailand. Whenever we saw rudeness the culpable party was literally always French and whenever we saw Germans they were kind and polite to the Thai who reciprocated. Despite media claims to the contrary, Americans and Thai got along famously wherever we went. The Thai and Vietnamese seemed to like Americans the most. It was always the French causing any trouble (and Chinese).
As someone with Thai heritage it is almost impossible to get decent information about Thai participation in the world wars. Thanks very much!
I always look forward to Dr. Mark Felton and very recently he has been pumping more and more content at a steady pace.
this is exactly the content I love. thanks, Dr. felton! it is truly the Highlight of my day to see you've uploaded.
Your topics, editing and narration are spot on. Thanks so much for the content!
Dr Felton I watch your material all the time and remember when you hit the milestone of 1 million subs. If memory serves that was last year and now you are at 1.5 million.
WELL DONE! Thank you for all of this hard work sir.
Doc, I really appreciate what you do!
Thank you for educating me on things I didn’t know about, or what I thought I knew. I appreciate your time and hard work.
"Tears were shed by both sides, Germans and Thais, when the zone reverted to French occupation"
I love and live in Thailand, and can't say I'm surprised, because i know howFrance treated every people or country they ever occupied and know what lovely people the Thais are! In the Rhineland they let their African colonial troups rape and pillage at will...merci beaucoup. After being treated kindly by the Thai soldiers the girls and women of all ages knew exactly what was coming, when the French took over the Thai administered zone....
Wow! The time and effort that Prof. Felton puts into these is incredible!! He should be applauded for his work! Good work Professor!!!!!0
What a fascinating footnote of WW1 history... Mark, you constantly amaze me with your search for obscure war histories!
Thailand actually offered and offers good to the world. Well done. I worked and stayed in Thailand 1999-2009 and appreciated the goodness of many of the people there.
This is a peculiar one. Thanks for the vid!
Lovely gem Mark. A forgotten story about troops from a proud nation playing a walk-on role in this vast and complex conflict. Most appreciated.
Thank you again Dr. Felton for more top notch work. The Time Ghost History guys have produced a great video regarding Thailand's somewhat odd situation during WII entitled "Japan’s Only Pacific “Ally” - Phibun’s Thailand"
I colorized Phibun's portrait in that episode. Though I do have to say I have become more disappointed with TimeGhost as of late due to their tendency to sensationalize, moralize and just not give a crap about research (their U.S. Army racism video was so bad in that regard that I criticized them in their own forum). As for Mark's videos, I've been watching him more and more lately. Great work he's doing. :)
Well done Mr. Felton. Another great tidbit of wartime history. Always presented very professionally. Had absolutely no idea that Thai troops were so actively involved in WW1. Keep up the great work.
Score! Coffee and a new video from Mark! fantastic morning already. Very happy every time I see your notification.
ว้าวThank you for talking about my small country.
Very interesting video topic, well done! Looking forward to the next one.
Always happy to watch your documentaries. I must have watched most of them. For as good and enjoyable as they all are, I must say, this one is probably the one that taught me something I had never heard about ever. Amazing. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more videos about smaller nations' side of WWII and WWI history. Far too little is taught about this. The focus being always on the big nations. Mostly forgetting sacrifices made by other nations and, even more, injustices committed once the dust had settled (many that continued and have never been resolved until now).
Everytime I'm amazed by how close we come to history to this day. I live in Kaiserslautern and had no idea that there were once siamese troops so close to where I am today.
You alway make a great video about unknown war stories. They didn't even teach us about this is school here in Thailand. On the side note though, at 3:03 his name is not "Phraya", his name is "Pichai Chanyarit (พิชัยชาญฤทธิ์)". "Phraya (พระยา)" (Read as Pra-ya) is a noble rank in Siam and Thailand.
Minor mistake: that major general is not name “Phraya” - that’s his noble title (I do understand how this will confuse others outside of Thailand). His actual name is Pichai
But otherwise, another solid video!
Correct. Like Pasha in Turkey.
How times change :-) .. My wife is Thai, I am German, and the Thai King has a huge estate in Bavaria.
Doctor Felton,you're amazing! You've done it again. I didn't know this about the Royalty of Siam.Very satisfying narrative.
A fan from Thailand here!
How often do we have to be amazed at Dr. Felton's ability to find new and interesting subjects to present to us?
Whatever microphone that is used in the narration of the content is my absolute favorite on all of TH-cam. It transports the viewer/listener to a time far, far away. Keep up the great work!
I love this channel you don’t play up anything you just say what happens and makes videos on interesting topics.
Mark, as you said ‘Tears were shed on both sides when the Siamese troops marched out of Neustadt’ I actually shed tears, too. I could picture the scene and feel the emotions.
Thailand actually has a highly effective military still today, especially their air force.
@Lassi Kinnunen 81 Whoa, triggered much?
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It's amazing what you do Mark! Completely and thoroughly insightful into the real historical events. Thank you for enriching my knowledge of the real historical events.
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As a German, it really isn't hard to imagine that. Only thing worse than French occupation is Soviet Occupation.
This wasn't a French occupation though, if that's what you were implying.
Agreed
@@watching99134 The city reverted to French occupation when the Thai left...
Mark: Did you know Thailand once occupied Germany?
Me: You high?
I love how this channel always finds these tiny little bits of military history you've never even heard about.
Thank you for posting.
I’m so thankful for this channel!
Dr. Felton thank you for the great stories.
Great content!! I am from Thailand's neighbour to the south, but unaware that Thailand played a role in WWI and the occupation of Germany.
This is the most significant obscure military historical fact I have ever heard. Mark you are now my favourite TH-camr.
Thank you Dr. Felton!
learning history in the morning
Never knew about this you always make vids about the most interesting of things
You never fail to amaze me with bringing a new part of history to the forefront. I've never heard of the Thai occupation in the Rhineland ... ever. Thank you for a well researched and presented part of history. You make it all so interesting!
Mark, you continue to amaze me with little known war related facts. Dollops of knowledge that are eagerly taken in after a long days work
Wow! I've been an avid reader of Great War (WW1) history ever since I can remember and, I've never knew about the Siam Expeditionary Force and the roll they played on the Western Front/occupation of the Rhineland till now! This is what I love about your channel, you bring these little golden nuggets of forgotten history to life......I'm always learning something new here.
What a great video about a piece of Siam/Thai history that few people know about. I had seen the photo of the Siamese troops in the victory parade in Paris in 1919 before, but knew nothing of the events that led up to it. - It also answered a long-standing question of mine as to why the Siamese troops wore French style Adrian helmets! - Thank you, Mark, for yet another highly interesting video.
Another great Felton video and a great subject. I look forward to every new one.
Never thought my country would be a subject to a Mark Felton video. Thanks for the content !!
“The Thai Operation of Germany” sounds like a video title an AI would come up with and yet it’s true! Excellent work as always by Professor Felton
Maybe a thAI?
*Occupation
Had trouble dealing with cold weather. Yep.
I have learned something new from you once again, Dr. Felton, thank you so very much. Keep it up!
Once again great research Prof Felton. As always you opened th eyes and minds of many others far more then any High school or even University History course.
Keep up the good work!