In this episode of Axis and Allies: Can anyone explain to me what's so special about Crete again? No one? Not even you Greeks? Figures
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The Battle of Crete was the first battle where Fallschirmjäger were used en masse, the first mainly airborne invasion in military history, the first time the Allies made significant use of intelligence from the decrypted German messages from the Enigma machine and the first time German troops encountered mass resistance from a civilian population. Due to the heavy casualties suffered by the paratroopers, forbade further large airborne operations. In contrast, the Allies were impressed by the potential of paratroopers and started to form both airborne assault and airfield defense regiments.
