WI: Iran-Iraq-Turkey-Afghanistan enter WWII together in 1941?

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Iran-Iraq-Turkey-Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad in 1937. Turkey in 1941, under German presure, enters the war on the Axis side. Iran-Iraq-Afghanistan also decide to enter with Turkey. All four nations pledge to defend each other. Iran under Reza Shah, Iraq under Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Turkey under Kemal, lets say he lives until late 40's, and Afghanistan under Mohammed Zahir Shah. What are the implciations. How will Iran and Iraq fare against the British with Turkish and Afghan help in 1941?
 
hi everyone, i hope this is interesting

Iran-Iraq-Turkey-Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad in 1937. Turkey in 1941, under German presure, enters the war on the Axis side. Iran-Iraq-Afghanistan also decide to enter with Turkey. All four nations pledge to defend each other. Iran under Reza Shah, Iraq under Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Turkey under Kemal, lets say he lives until late 40's, and Afghanistan under Mohammed Zahir Shah. What are the implciations. How will Iran and Iraq fare against the British with Turkish and Afghan help in 1941?

I thought Iraq was a British colony in 1937 and 1941. Or am I missing something here?
 
I don't see it happening. Iraq was breifly a German ally in 1941 for a couple of months between two coups, but Britain just has far too much capability to intervene in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as they did with the Soviets in Iran OTL.
 
Iraq was puppetised by Britain and Iran was occupied by British and Soviets early on. Afghansitan doesn't really matter one way or the other as they can't field large and modern army and what they can field can be easily contained by British and Soviets anyway.

Not sure about Turkey but if they enter on Axis side they could make things interesting in Levant but expose themselves to RN attacks and attacks from Syria, Iraq and Iran.
 
Turkey played WWII rather brilliantly IOTL: it stayed completely neutral and didn't get bombed to oblivion by either the Axis or the Allies, and it kept its territorial integrity intact.

Ismet Inonu and the rest of the Turkish leadership were not stupid people, they realized Turkey gained nothing from the war and stayed out purposefully.
 
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