 Had he lived, von Blomberg was to integrate the "Luftwaffe" component, "Fliegerführer Irak", with Iraqi armed forces in operations against the British.In addition, he and other members of the Brandenburger Regiment were to raise a German-led Arab Brigade ("Arabische Brigade").The brigade was to have been raised in Iraq from the thousands of Arab volunteers available from Iraq, from Syria, from Palestine, from Saudi Arabia, and from throughout the Arab world.