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That's just too simplistic, don't you think? These kind of statements are pretty shallow, and looks like they all come from british literature. To be really short, I'll say:
-Marita was defensive operation. Hitler wanted to clear his south flank from the british before going into Russia. And there's more: the REAL cause of the delay was the invasion of Yugoslavia, which had nothing to do with the italians.
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...why where the British on the south flank????
-Feb 1941 Greece allows a BEF to help fight the Italians...
-1941 Prince Paul of Yugoslavia resists Hitler demands because he is married to a Greek wife and had no desire to let Hitler help the Italians fight in Greece...
-in march with German armies threatening Yugoslavia from Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, , the Yugosalvs sign an agreement
-Serbs are opposed to this, and British secret agents help organize a demonstration on the night of March 26/27
-Hitler is so furious as to being betrayed by a treasonist act he demands Yugoslavia to be destroyed...
-Because the BEF has entered and occupied Greece...ONLY BECQAUSE OF GREECES RELUCTANCY TO ALLOW THIS TO FIGHT THE ITALIANS... Germany turns to help her neighbor from the bloody nose she has received...
-in may Crete is taken to thwart the British build-up, as well as eliminate the threat of having to resupply Greece in order to fight the British, etc....was Barbarosa late...
-because Luftwaffe enigma was read, defenses for Student paratroop barrage resulted in the 8500 men...3764 killed, 2494 wounded, and the loss...and the numerous losses of JU52 ensure no further airdrops throughout the war by Student and his elite group...
-Now you state Germany had to clear is south flank...I ask you why where the British on this flank, and if their was no Italian hostilities with Greece, the threat of Britian being their would not have needed this delay...as Greece only allowed britian to aid after being attack by Italy...and as for Yugoslavia,,,i fail to remember the British having a BEF their...and with Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria as a buffer, i think the threat from the 6 nationalities that made up Yugoslavia, and their constant quarrels with each other wouldn't have resulted in a threat or possibility of aid to the Russians...
Italy attacked Greece on the forbidden wishes and there-after gloated to Hitler about this...Hitler never let his ally know of his attacks on Russia, until after starting on June 22 1941..
bf109 Emil...
ps i hope this adds some depth to the shallowness as you stated