Crete's position gave it leverage over routes through the Aegean, the Greek islands, and the approaches toward the Bosporus. Depending entirely on Britain to secure the island would leave Greece without control of its own fallback. Less-trained troops could deploy there under the label of an exercise or training mission. Engineering units would gain practical experience by building bases, fortifications, communications links, and obstacles intended to make air attack and seizure more difficult.
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Use training deployments to fortify Crete
Sending less-trained troops and engineers to Crete could combine useful training with base building, communications work, and defenses against air attack.