"People often call him the Butcher, or the Fiend of the Southern Front. To me, he'll always be just daddy."
The introductionary paragraph to the biography of Mutlaq al-Radwan, a prominent general of the Sultanate of Arabia (or the Hashemite Sultanate) who would be one of the primary commanders on the side of the Allies during World War II. With Turkiye having alling with the Axis powers to try and curtail Kurdish rebellions, they attempted to court the House of Saud for oil supplies. However, the revelation of this would lead to the Hashemite Sultanate to declare war on the House of Saud in 1936, where Mutlaq al-Radwan would get his infamy for his ruthless brilliance in taking down the Sauds' domain and denying the Axis access to petrol. Years later when the war in proper, would then begin the so-called "Southern Campaign" where his forces along with those of Iran would plan to go through Turkey and enter southern Europe to create a new front.
Mutlaq al-Radwan would gain a ruthless reputation for his absolute crusade against the Axis powers. He would do this through intense guerilla campaign and absolute willingness to ally himself with any resistance forces against the Axis. This included the Kurds, Assyrians, and Armenians, as Turkiye would be devastated by his marches. The Kurds would be promised a sovereign land of their own and the Assyrians being promised the same. Armenia meanwhile would get the land they were promised in the Sevres treaty. This trio would finally get their desires met with the fall of Istanbul and upon entering the European continent in 1941, would begin the Southern Front in proper. Many of the fascist-aligned forces would find themselves disrupted and crushed by the grind caused by the coalition. Additionally, al-Radwad would prove very shrewd as he made Romania a prime target to force the Nazis to reinforce the Southen Front or lose access to Romanian oil, and thus allievating pressure in other parts.
Al-Radwan's campaign would see him eventually aid Bulgaria and Romania in the overthrow of their fascist governments and have them to join the allies. Al-Radwan would manage to liberate Central Europe by the end of the war. He as greatly feared by the Axis Powers as some sort of marauding force while the Allies, while respectful of his capabilities and even nobility, somewhat feared him too. The Soviets compared to Trotsky in terms of ruthlessness. That said, he was beloved by his homeland and the Jews he liberated, with them calling him an 'angel of justice'. The Americans also valorized him along with the Kurds, Armenians and Assyrians. His successes would mean the Hashemites would unite all of Arabia under their domain, with the British and French having to accept. The new Hashemite Sultanate would claim the new Assyrian Republic as a protectorate along with establishing their sphere of influence with them, Kurdistan, Armenia and Kartvelia (formerly known by the exonym of Georgia). Informally, they would also have close bonds with Iran. After the war, Mutlaq would retire over from active military duty and settle over in the Sultanate. He would end up marrying an American female soldier from Georgia, and having two sons and a daughter, the latter being the one interviewed for the biography. The biography humanizes al-Radwan as a prominent patriot along with being an affable and gentle father, along with having prominent progressive views of the time.
"While the idea of an independent Kurdistan was likely in the 19th century, no one expected it would be caused by a resurgence of the Yazidi faith indigenous to the region."
