A favorable Mediterranean climate does not establish that safe parachute landing grounds exist. Malta's fields are the objection to proposals for a large airborne invasion. The assessment is that thousands of troops could be dropped but many would suffer broken limbs before entering combat. Such casualties could overwhelm the available hospitals before the fighting began.
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Malta's terrain and the cost of a parachute invasion
The argument against mass parachute landings on Malta concerns landing injuries and medical capacity before combat begins.