The scenario's long-term effects grow from cumulative infrastructure rather than a single fortification decision. Once railways and ports exist, adding concrete runways, defenses, and economic capacity becomes cheaper and faster. The same investment also creates an obligation to protect the assets and population whose value has increased. Wellington- and Lancaster-range aircraft based on Crete could attack Axis supply depots and other targets from an unexpected direction.
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Infrastructure snowballs into strategic air power
Early rail investment lowers the cost of later airfields and forts, eventually giving Allied bombers a durable eastern base.