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Events on Tuesday 20 May 1941 1
1941Battle of CreteThe first mainly airborne invasion in historyGerman paratroopers and glider troops landed on Crete and, despite very heavy losses, took Maleme airfield and then the island. Allied forces were evacuated by sea, and the losses convinced Hitler not to mount another large airborne operation.