↑ Stephen, Martin (1988), Sea Battles in Close Up World War 2, 2, Naval Institute Press, m/s. 53, ISBN1-55750-758-9, One way of dealing with Malta would have been an airborne invasion but Hitler would not countenance such a thing, especially after the pyrrhic casualties of the Crete victory.
↑ Buell, Thomas; Greiss, Thomas (2002), The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean, Square One Publishers, m/s. 101, ISBN0-7570-0160-2, The rank and file on both sides fought tenaciously on Crete, and in the end the Germans could claim only a pyrrhic victory.
↑ Wright, Robert; Greenwood, John (2007), Airborne forces at war, Naval Institute Press, m/s. 9, ISBN1-59114-028-5, The seizure of Crete was a strategic but Pyrrhic victory for Germany that was brought at the price of future German airborne operations.
