What the records say
- When
- 16 Jan 1941 – 17 Jan 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.00° N, 102.45° E
- Description
- 1941 battle
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Battle of Ko Chang
1941 battle of the Franco-Thai War during the Second World War
The Battle of Ko Chang took place on 17 January 1941 during the Franco-Thai War. A flotilla of French warships attacked a smaller force of Thai vessels, including a coastal defence ship. The battle resulted in a tactical victory by the French Navy over the Royal Thai Navy, although the strategic result is dubious. Two Thai ships were sunk and one was heavily damaged, with no French losses.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la division française d'Extrême-Orient coule une bonne part de la flotte thaïlandaise au large de l'île de Koh Chang”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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