GOOD CHANCES IF
DEFEATING NAZI ATTACK
LONDON, May 21
"Provided we can get enough fighters to the scene to take care of the enemy fighters, troop-carriers, and divebombers simultaneously, our chances of beating off the invasion of Crete are good," says the "Daily Mail." "For the first time the Germans have launched air-borne troops without sea or land support, thus indicating that the Luftwaffe is sure of overwhelming aerial superiority. The Germans will be able to operate fighters from the Greek mainland, but while we retain the landing grounds in Crete, which are not more than three, R.A.F. reinforcements can be flown from Egypt.
"The Battle of Crete is really the dive-bombers' challenge to our Mediterranean sea power."—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 10
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