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  1. GameBawesome

    WI: The Sukhothai Dynasty survived to the present-day

    I find the Sukhothai Dynasty is a very interesting dynasty. It's actually more famous for its older history. Previously the Sukhothai Kingdom was one of the first Thai kingdoms, after establishing itself from Lavo and broke away from the Khmer Empire. It further expanded under Ram Khamhaeng the...
  2. GameBawesome

    WI: The Siamese attacks Japan during the Imjin War

    According to some historians in Asia, during the Imjin War (When Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded the Kingdom of Joseon), supposedly the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Modern-Day Thailand), made a proposal to the Ming Chinese. They offered to dispatch a naval force to sail and attack Japan...
  3. WI: Naresuan killed in 1593

    There are multiple accounts of how Burmese crown prince Mingyi Swa died during the 1593 Burmese invasion of Siam, but the most dramatic involve him being killed in single combat with his old rival, Naresuan. Regardless of how he died, it resulted in the disintegration of the First Toungoo Empire...
  4. GauchoBadger

    WI: France establishes a protectorate over Thailand?

    What if Thailand had not managed to weather the tides of colonialism like Ethiopia concurrently did, and was subsequently absorbed into the French colonial empire like the other Indochinese states? Perhaps sometime around the Franco-Siamese War of 1893, or even later. What would be the effects...
  5. GauchoBadger

    WI: No Chinese invasion of Burma (1760s)?

    So, what would be the effects of Qing China deciding not to conquer the Konbaung Kingdom of Burma in the mid-1760's while the latter is engaged in a destructive final war with the Thai? Could Burma end up decisively destroying and crippling Ayutthaya for good with no chance of a Taksin figure...
  6. Antonio Ferrari

    The elephant, the lynx, the two wolves, the dragon, the eagle, the griffon vulture and the bull.

    History is written by the victors. We all know that. In our world, WW1, at the time know as "The Great War" or "The war that would end all wars", was won by the Entente powers, composed by England, France, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Greece, Guatemala...
  7. WI: French influence in Ayutthaya continues from 1688 onward?

    The Ayutthaya Kingdom under King Narai (1657–1688) was highly amenable to foreign influence. Constantine Phaulkon, a Greek adventurer, became prime counsellor to King Narai, and became the de facto ruler of Thailand during that period. Important commercial ties were forged with Japan. Dutch and...
  8. Tales Weaver

    DBWI:If Korea and Siam's fate was reversed?

    In 1890s, King Gojong's deplomatic moves have led korea to keep independence, despite ceding jeju island to japanese and land north of chongchon river to chinese. Meanwhile, Siam became a French Colony after franco-chinese war. What would happened, and what would be needed to reverse this POD?
  9. Thaiengle

    WI Thailand war with japan.

    In OTL, We did war with japan(Temporary, Allied forces wont help thailand defend) but japaneese armies are simply too strong so that we decided to join them in the end I could think of some possible scenerio: Pridi is choosen instead of Field Marshal P and worked toward democratic reform(No...
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