Nakorn Invasion WW2

[GWR]

http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/
Unfortunately, links to the other invasion site links are disfunctional. I'll try to contact the site's creator.

[airlana]

Looks like the other sites are still being prepared

http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/chumporn.html
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[GWR]

Too tired to figure an additional 'L' might do the trick. Some of the modern images look like this might be connected to a 'Nang Nam Now' (Thai soap opera):-
http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/songkhla.html
http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/prachuab.html (http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/prachuab.htmll)
Some missing Links on the following bios, as yet:-
http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/bios.html

[airlana]

It's a real pain at times.
Spend much effort researching various subjects and shudder every time I come across Geocities.
eg. bandwidth exceeded, come back later.
Pages often can't be saved, not to mention framesets grrrrrrr :mad:

Fortunately with a little knowledge of source coding etc one can usually work around these problems.

Let's hope the other pages are completed sooner than later. It's an interesting part of Thai history.

airlana
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[GWR]

Wish I still had some of the articles I've previously read about the invasion at 'Singora'. It had its farcical element:-

The local police who had previously been paid-off by two Japanese agents, but who then put up quite a stubborn resistance until further ackers arrived in a hastily hired car.

Soldiers who were convinced that the French had finally arrived.

An abortive attempt being made to smuggle a small group of Japanese soldiers across the border in a charabanc of Hat-Yai dancehall 'hostesses'.

But it certainly had its grim side:-

Many Japanese soldiers were shot by locals perched up in trees; who fancied a bit of novelty bloodsport.

I know the area where many Japanese soldiers camped (with their packmules). I would have liked to photograph the bunker they built in a termite hill, but it has long been bulldozed. Even the pond for watering their mules has disappeared.

Many of the area's young women left home to go & live with their relativess in places like Ton Nga Chang (a day's walk) to escape the attentions of the occupiers.

People caught stealing diesel were punished by being immersed in the tank until death.

Disgruntled locals laced the food & drink they sold to the Japanese soldiers with 'killek' leaves; a herb that can induce unstoppable diarrhoea.

Local officials colluded with the occupiers to provide supplies and lodgings. The officials never paid the long-suffering hosts.

At the end of the war, some Japanese committed hari-kiri on Samila Beach or in the khlongs. To this day, dredging operations are keenly observed by locals on the outlook for bones and rusty swords & rifles.

Some local families reputedly got rich on the gold & valuables stached by the occupiers in local hotels.

Some Japanese soldiers furtively remained behind (no glory in returning home) and lived out the rest of their days here without passports; one such as a well-liked dentist.

One Javanese who managed to escape from the clutches of the railway slave press-gangs. He married locally & lived out the rest of his days never venturing into the market for fear of being arrested with no passport. He died without seeing Java again. I remember the funeral about 10 years ago.

Less anecdotal data below:-

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/pacwar.gif

Link to Penn State Uni Library - Maps & Images of World War II Exhibit:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4076&postcount=1

[GWR]

http://www.geocities.com/thailandwwii/
Unfortunately, links to the other invasion site links are disfunctional. I'll try to contact the site's creator.

Thanks to Admin for this recent front page additional to this thread:-
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/4/10/features/10419535&sec=features
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/4/10/features/10420583&sec=features

[GWR]

Wish I still had some of the articles I've previously read about the invasion at 'Singora'. It had its farcical element:-

The local police who had previously been paid-off by two Japanese agents, but who then put up quite a stubborn resistance until further ackers arrived in a hastily hired car.

Soldiers who were convinced that the French had finally arrived.

An abortive attempt being made to smuggle a small group of Japanese soldiers across the border in a charabanc of Hat-Yai dancehall 'hostesses'.

But it certainly had its grim side:-

Many Japanese soldiers were shot by locals perched up in trees; who fancied a bit of novelty bloodsport.

I know the area where many Japanese soldiers camped (with their packmules). I would have liked to photograph the bunker they built in a termite hill, but it has long been bulldozed. Even the pond for watering their mules has disappeared.

Many of the area's young women left home to go & live with their relativess in places like Ton Nga Chang (a day's walk) to escape the attentions of the occupiers.

People caught stealing diesel were punished by being immersed in the tank until death.

Disgruntled locals laced the food & drink they sold to the Japanese soldiers with 'killek' leaves; a herb that can induce unstoppable diarrhoea.

Local officials colluded with the occupiers to provide supplies and lodgings. The officials never paid the long-suffering hosts.

At the end of the war, some Japanese committed hari-kiri on Samila Beach or in the khlongs. To this day, dredging operations are keenly observed by locals on the outlook for bones and rusty swords & rifles.

Some local families reputedly got rich on the gold & valuables stached by the occupiers in local hotels.

Some Japanese soldiers furtively remained behind (no glory in returning home) and lived out the rest of their days here without passports; one such as a well-liked dentist.

One Javanese who managed to escape from the clutches of the railway slave press-gangs. He married locally & lived out the rest of his days never venturing into the market for fear of being arrested with no passport. He died without seeing Java again. I remember the funeral about 10 years ago.

Less anecdotal data below:-

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/pacwar.gif

Link to Penn State Uni Library - Maps & Images of World War II Exhibit:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4076&postcount=1

More articles from Malaysia's 'The Sun' on the Singhora Landings:-
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/4/10/features/10420245&sec=features
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/4/10/features/10640940&sec=features

[Wisarut]

KHun GWR Said:

People caught stealing diesel were punished by being immersed in the tank until death.

Well, In many cases, the IJA officers were pouring gasolene or Diesel into the throats of those who have stolen barrels of fuel (1 local barrel = 200 Litres) and sold them at the black markets. Those who have wstolen the ammo, they IJA will have thair axx holes filled up with gunpowder or dynamite and then they will light the matches up ...


Disgruntled locals laced the food & drink they sold to the Japanese soldiers with 'killek' leaves; a herb that can induce unstoppable diarrhoea.

Khee Lek is a harb for relieving the constipation .... you can guess the effect on those nbormal people .... big drain ...

Well some even sold the betal leaves and areca palm as "vegetable" to thsoe IJA ... and you'll see hte effect after eatign the betal leaves..


One Javanese who managed to escape from the clutches of the railway slave press-gangs. He married locally & lived out the rest of his days never venturing into the market for fear of being arrested with no passport. He died without seeing Java again. I remember the funeral about 10 years ago.

The IJA have fed those Javanese and Malay forced labors with opium as well as speed pills as the way to keep them working ... and the speed pills have effectively ruined forced labor brains to such extend that they turned to eat Krathin leaves in the way goats eating grass.

[GWR]

Love the taste, but it just turns on the taps in my case. Other folk aren't so sensitive to its chemistry. It is one of those leaves that farmers steep in water and then spray the resultant liquid on crops as an organic pest repellent or pesticide.

Yes. Mr Java did look a bit of a walking zombie. That said, I believe he escaped off the train before they got him to the hard labor sites. He was pressganged by a group of Japanese soldiers who arrived at his house in Java in the middle of the night. A sad existence.

Mr Java's son took a drunken ride into town last Songkrahn on his motorcycle combo; fell off during a waterfight and ended up with a kickstart in his eye. His career as a fairly ambitious local builder/oddjob man was over in a water pistol squirt. He's now a one-eyed 'Saling' recycling man with a trike. Despite having some of his father's melancholic tendencies, he has taught himself to walk and ride a motorcycle again. His courage is admirable.

[Wisarut]

Fortunately, he farmers did not use Rotinone - the herbal pesticide whcih can be used to poison schools of fish - on their vegetable ....