London, June 4.
Establishment of hard-hitting mobile units to guard British aerodromes against repetition of the disaster at Maleme. Crete. may be one of the first results of Nazi Germany's astonishing air conquest of Creie and the growing clamour in Britain for measures to meet Nazi ingenuity with something imaginative in the way of defence.
The Battle of Crete taught more conclusively than any other campaign in the war the lesson that air power simply must be ce-ordinated with land power.
Defence units to guard aerodromes have been under consideration in England for many months and late last summer afew of these uriis were in operation. The bitter experience of Crete, however. made the matter one of extreme urgency.
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