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This German operation at that time used the largest number of paratroopers and air armada to attack an island. Stukas and paratroopers assulted Commonwealth regulars, German heavy armor which was characteristic of blitzkrieg was not used as the ruins on the island was unsuited for it. Which island was this battle fought for?

  1. Easter island

  2. The isle of Britannia

  3. The Channel Islands

  4. Crete
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The Battle of Crete (May 1941) was Germany's largest airborne operation using paratroopers and Stuka dive-bombers against Commonwealth forces, though heavy armor was absent due to the island's mountainous terrain. Easter Island, Britannia, and the Channel Islands saw no such German paratrooper assaults.

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