I have seen countless of WI on WWII but not on this specific POD. In OTL the battle began very well for the allies, with the surprise effect wasted by the germans, large casualties during the first day (including some officers who where key to commanding the troops on the ground) and none of the airfields, witch the paratroopers needed to be resuplied, captured.
It was only during the second day of the battle that the germans got a lucky break when the allied commander made the fatal mistake of removing the 22nd New Zealand Batalion from Hill 107, the critical position defending the Maleme Airfield. Even so, german archives revealed after the war that the paratroopers managed to clear the surrounding of the airfield just in time, as they where running out of supplies and amo.
Lets say Freydburg doesn't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory here. The paratroopers are destroyed, the germans probably get larger looses in aircraft then OTL, the germans got their first comprehensive defeat on land and the Regia Marina might have got a few more bruises as well. The allies, on their side, have prevented the OTL capture of 12 000 soldiers and still hold Crete. What happen afterward?
It was only during the second day of the battle that the germans got a lucky break when the allied commander made the fatal mistake of removing the 22nd New Zealand Batalion from Hill 107, the critical position defending the Maleme Airfield. Even so, german archives revealed after the war that the paratroopers managed to clear the surrounding of the airfield just in time, as they where running out of supplies and amo.
Lets say Freydburg doesn't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory here. The paratroopers are destroyed, the germans probably get larger looses in aircraft then OTL, the germans got their first comprehensive defeat on land and the Regia Marina might have got a few more bruises as well. The allies, on their side, have prevented the OTL capture of 12 000 soldiers and still hold Crete. What happen afterward?