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What would have happened had Turkey joined the Axis Powers (lets say in early 1941)?
Some questions in particular I am interested in are:
What could Nazi Germany offer to entice Turkey to join the Axis?
Would Turkey be able to secure Syria and Lebanon under Vichy France Control? (or perhaps their own if Nazi Germany offers it to them)
Would Turkey be able to capture Palestine and Jordan (and would Turkey assist the Nazi's in killing the Jews of Palestine)?
Would Turkey be able to capture Iraq / assist them in breaking away from the UK
Could Turkey reach and capture the Suez Canal?
What effects would Turkey's involvement in the Middle East, have on the Italian campaign in North Africa?
What impact would Turkey have on Operation Barbarossa? and What are some territorial ambitions Turkey would have against the USSR?
Will the Allies still successfully be able to invade Iran?
Could Turkey's involvement be enough to allow the Axis Powers to win, or at least stalemate the allies (and what would Turkey gain if they were on the winning side)?
If the Axis powers lose, what would a post-war Turkey look like (and what territorial losses, if any, would it suffer?)
If the Axis powers lose, what would a post-war Middle East look like?