The British General Headquarters in Cairo announced that: a number of the parachutists "already hay been accounted for," Indicating that the British believed that they had the situation in hand, 'Military: experts hitherto had considered: Grete to be practically 'Winston Churchill, Prime 'Minister, in the House of Commons, recently' emphasized the vital importance of holding Crete, Hence: it was believed here that there would be no withdrawal of British troops from Crate, but a fight to the last man, Crele's importance became para mount since the war struck "Asia Minor. 'The British vitally need the island' to protect Palestine and the Suez-Canal and prevent a back-door attack by the Axis on Libya.
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