Quasi-duck wrote:
Crete was a Pyrrhic victory. On top of this the Commonwealth forces had an awful time. In fact, they only had a few tanks but one got put out of commission because it got stuck in a ditch. Also, Crete cost so many men that the German High Command never used the paratroopers as paratroopers until the Bulge because Crete went so bad.
Normandy, well, come on. Some of the troops there were children, what do you expect?
Normandy was not only defended by kids. Many Eastern Front vets were also there.
The past is a foreign country.