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What if the major combatants had decided to use Africans and Middle Easterners in much higher numbers then they did OTL in the course of the Desert War?
Obviously, they did use Middle Easterners and Africans, even the DAK had them and units like the Free Arabian Legion the race laws were almost completely ignored.
What would be the effect of much larger use of indigenous troops on the war there and the post war environment? I have been reading up on the situation local troops found themselves in during the war. Its kind of ironic to have three European powers including the United States each having their propagandists telling Muslims to wage 'jihad' on the other side.
Could North African and Middle Eastern Armies have come out of the war much more competent?