Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 606 Türkiye (3)

Molotov truthfully conveyed Yanik's words to Stalin, which caused Stalin to roar and immediately ordered the Transcaucasus Military District to prepare to enter Turkey at any time to fight.

Seeing that Stalin had no intention of giving in, Yanik also sent a mountain division (most of Turkey is plateau and mountainous).

Due to the good performance of the mountain troops in World War I, although the German army was limited to 100,000 men after the war, the Germans still retained a mountain unit in their army, which became the core of the German mountain troops later. Later, Austria was annexed, and the Austrian army with mountain troops was also integrated into the German army, forming the 1st and 2nd Mountain Divisions, which were expanded to up to 10 divisions during the war.

The logo of the German mountain troops is the edelweiss. The edelweiss also has a name called Brave, which symbolizes bravery, tenacity and perseverance. This flower is mostly produced in the European Alps, usually growing at altitudes above 1,700 meters. Because it only grows on very rare rocky surfaces, it is extremely rare.

Germany's mountain divisions have been famous for their bravery, tenacity and ferocity in combat since their establishment. Few of the troops in the mountain division were captured. At the end of the war, the mountain troops were the last units of the German Army to lay down their weapons. , whose spirit is as resilient as their mountain ancestors.

In addition to directly sending troops to join the war, Yanik also has a trump card-the Kurds!

There are four major ethnic groups in the Middle East: Persians (Iranians), Arabs, Turks, and Kurds. Among them, the Kurds are the only one among the four major ethnic groups in the Middle East that has not established a state.

The Kurds have lived in the northern mountainous areas of the Mesopotamia since ancient times. This is the buffer zone between the Anatolian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, and Persia. It is a real "three no matter" zone. This special political and geographical environment caused rulers from all over the world to mainly win over them, supplemented by military conquest.

As long as the Kurds symbolically recognize the other party's rule, they can obtain a very high degree of autonomy. From the ancient Babylonian Empire to the Assyrian Empire, from the Persian Empire to the Alexander Empire, to the Roman Empire that controlled the Mediterranean, this kind of restrained rule lasted for 2,500 years.

In 600 AD, the Arab army invaded various parts of West Asia, including Kurdistan. They forced the Kurds to believe in Islamism, which was founded by the Prophet Muhammad. From then on, all the Kurds became Muslims who believed in God. After converting to Ishranism, the Kurds gave birth to a legendary figure known as the "Hero of Ishran" - Saladin. Under his leadership, Musilin recovered the lands occupied during the Crusades. Holy city Jerusalem.

In the 14th century AD, the Ottoman Turks, descendants of Western Turks from Central Asia, began their military struggle to dominate Europe, Asia, and Africa. Although Kurdistan became a territory of the Ottoman Empire, it still maintained a small, semi-autonomous dynasty, which paid taxes and recruited young men to fight for the Ottoman Turks. It was still relatively peaceful.

During World War I, the Ottoman Empire joined Germany's Allied camp, and was ultimately defeated. The Middle East became a piece of scattered sand.

There is a wave of national independence movements all over the world, and the Kurds have also joined in, demanding the establishment of an independent country.

For Britain, the victor in World War I, although the Ottoman Empire had been defeated, in order to prevent its resurgence, it had to divide the country into many independent small countries, which would no longer be able to confront itself. Therefore, the Kurds' demands for independence hit it off with them.

In 1920, the Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Sèvres. The treaty stipulated many extremely harsh terms for the Ottoman Empire, such as the cession of the Ottoman Empire's territory in the Middle East, the Allied Powers' military rights around the empire, and the Allied Powers' extraterritorial rights in the Ottoman Empire. In addition, for the Kurdish region, the treaty stipulates that the Kurds have the right to decide whether to be independent through a referendum.

Before the Kurds had time to high-five and celebrate, an uprising led by Kemal broke out in Turkey. The Ottoman Empire completely died, and the Treaty of Sèvres became a piece of waste paper. The newly born Republic of Turkey signed the Treaty of Lausanne with the Allied Powers, defining its borders. The Kurdistan Region is divided into four parts: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. More than half of the Kurds live in Turkey, accounting for one-third of Türkiye's population.

The biggest dream of the Kurds is to establish a Kurdistan-led country; therefore, Turkey has always regarded the Kurds as a serious problem.

Once the state of Kurdistan is to be established, the territories of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria will shrink. Of course, the four countries will not agree, and Turkey will react the most fiercely. After the war, Turkey's area was not very large. If the Kurds established a state and divided it according to population ratio, a large part of Turkey's territory would be cut off.

Therefore, the Turkish leadership prefers to form a single ethnic group within Türkiye and assimilate the Kurds.

The Kurds are mainly concentrated in southeastern Turkey. They have a large population and can easily form a joint force. The solution is relatively simple, one word - dismantle! Turkey moved part of the Kurds to Eastern Thrace (the European part of Turkey) to divide and rule. At the same time, Turkey prohibits Kurds from wearing the clothing of their own ethnic group, Kurdish place names must be "Turkish", and the Kurdish language is also subject to various restrictions.

The Kurds believed that they were cornered by Turkey and began to resist. Uprisings against Turkey often broke out in Kurdish-inhabited areas. The conflict between Türkiye and the Kurds has intensified.

Now Germany is saying that as long as the Kurds in Turkey dare to resist Turkish rule, they will get their own country.

These words seemed to pour gasoline on the flames, and large-scale armed uprisings broke out wherever Kurds live in Turkey.

Just as the Turks mobilized their troops to prepare for suppression, five countries, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Serbia, and Bulgaria, simultaneously declared war on Turkey.

In mid-December, the five countries simultaneously sent troops to attack Türkiye.

At this time, Turkey did not have its own complete industrial system, and its weapons and equipment were quite backward. The rifles used by many armies were still Mauser 1903 or even Mauser 1893 from the First World War.

Although the Soviet Union promised aid supplies, the Soviet Union was not the wealthy United States. Many of the so-called aid supplies were antiques that had been eliminated from the Soviet army.

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