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The total annihilation of so many elite troops was undoubtedly a huge loss for the British, and what was even worse was that it also had a very negative impact on British diplomacy. Selassie I, intimidated by the Arab League's million-strong army and the Krim's huge influence among Muslims, agreed to join the League of Islamic States advocated by Krim to resist Western colonization, just like the newly independent Republic of Sudan and other Islamic countries outside the Arab Shijie.

The establishment of the League of Islamic States brought Kerim's personal prestige to the highest peak, and the name was changed to the Arab Federation (the name was changed mainly to avoid confusion with the Arab League, and there was no substantial change in the state structure. The Arab League has also become a shijie power, partly because the establishment of the League of Islamic States has increased the international influence of the Arab League; On the other hand, it is because the Arab Federation itself has made a qualitative leap in national strength compared with before

In the process of westward expansion, Kerim not only incorporated the entire territory of Egypt and the Arab settlement in northern Sudan into the territory of the Arab Federation, but also liberated all the British colonies in West Asia, while Iraq, Oman, and Yemen, the three British vassal states, were also annexed by the Arab Federation, and even the relatively independent countries of Saudi Arabia were destroyed by Kerim because they sent troops to help Britain and the political system was a hereditary dictatorship that Kerim hated. After entering the Middle East, the invincible Klim even seized the opportunity of Vichy France, which had not yet officially entered the axis, and sent troops to attack the French colony in Syria, which had chosen to be loyal to the Vichy government after France's surrender

As a result, the Arab Federation expanded dramatically. It encompasses the whole of North Africa and the whole of West Asia except for Iran and Turkey, with a total land area of more than 13 million square kilometers, second only to the Soviet Union, and the population of the Arab Federation has surged to more than 100 million (Note 1), second only to China, the Soviet Union, and the United States. With such abundant human resources. Coupled with the geographical importance and abundance of natural resources in the Arab region, no country would dare to underestimate the country's industrial, naval and air forces, even if the country's industrial and naval and air forces are still severely lacking.

On the basis of the strength of the Arab Federation itself, the expanding League of Islamic States has also increased the influence of the Arab Federation in the international arena. Moreover, the nature of the military-political alliance means that it has gained not only soft power, but also hard power that cannot be ignored.

By the end of 1941. The League of Islamic States, known simply as the Islamic League, already has nine member states: the Arab Federation, Mauritania (France), Mali (France), Niger (France), Nigeria (United Kingdom), Chad (France), Sudan (United Kingdom), Ethiopia (Note 2) and Iran. The total population is over 230 million

In fact, what Klim most wanted to bring into the League was Turkey, which had enslaved Arabs for hundreds of years during the Ottoman era, because Turkey had the most developed industry of all Islamic countries during this period (it was still very backward compared to the European and American powers, but it was still much stronger than the Arab Federation before the completion of German aid). It is also much stronger than China during the Anti-Japanese War, at least capable of building its own cruisers) and chromite, a strategic resource vital to the Axis powers (historically the only source of chromite in Germany).

Although it is not easy for Turkey, which has 800,000 troops, to destroy it, but only to force it to join the Islamic League, Kerim believes that only 100,000-200,000 Turkish troops are enough to make it submit, which is not difficult for the Arab Federation today.

But to Kerim's surprise, the Turkish government, which was reluctant to join the League of Iraq as the younger brother of the Arab League, was frightened by his million-strong army, but came up with a more ingenious way to deal with the crisis. In this way, the relationship between Turkey and the Arab Federation has become an alliance, and Kerim has nothing to do with Turkey, but fortunately, although Turkey has not joined the Islamic League, after all, it has turned hostility with the Arab League, which allows Kerim to free up his hands to consolidate his rule over the newly occupied lands in West Asia, and from this point of view, Kerim's goal is still half achieved

Although Krim's military offensive against Turkey ended ahead of schedule before it began, although it objectively helped Germany pull Turkey, which had repeatedly failed to win over before, into the chariot of the Axis powers, the mustache did not accept his affection, but because of Kerim's almost crazy expansion during this period of time, he became vigilant, so he once greatly reduced the intensity of industrial and military assistance to the Arab Federation, until Kerim agreed under pressure to let all the members of the Islamic League join the Axis camp and break with the Soviet Union. Germany has only resumed some of its aid programs, but it is still much less effective than the original Jihua.

In fact, it was not only Turkey that joined the Axis because of Krim's relationship, but the Vichy French government, which had always claimed to be neutral, finally blatantly hung the flag of the Axis powers, on the one hand, because of the battle of the Gulf of Toulon and the British enmity, but the main reason was that if they did not do so, France's colonies in Africa would be liberated by Krim.

You see, no French government has the strength to send enough troops to Africa to stop the Arab Commonwealth from moving south, and once the colonies are "liberated" by it and become independent states, it will be difficult to return

Note 1: The total population of Arab shijie during World War II is difficult to verify, and can only be inferred from the current data, the total population of Arab shijie is about 340 million, taking into account the high fertility rate of Muslims and the large outflow of people after the war (mainly to Western Europe), the total population of Arab Shijie during World War II should be around 100 million.

Note 2: Because Ethiopia is not weak, Kerim did not rely solely on forceful means to force it to join the League of Islamic States, but also made some generous quid pro quo, including acquiescing in the annexation of Somalia (Italy, Britain, and France) and Eritrea (an Italian colony). (To be continued......)