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When the Japanese invaded Thailand on December 8, 1941, ( because of the international date line this occurred an hour and a half before Pearl Harbor ),< ref > Churchill, Winston S. The Second World War, Vol 3, The Grand Alliance, p. 548 Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1950 </ em ></ ref > hesitant Phibunsongkhram was reluctantly forced to order a general ceasefire after just one day of resistance and allow the Japanese armies to use the country as a base for their invasions of Burma and Malaya.
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