The Battle of Crete was one of the biggest British foulups of the war.
> The Battle of Crete was one of the biggest British foulups of the war. <
Perhaps true on the German side as well. The Crete invasion cost the German paratroopers so many casualties that Hitler (unwisely) prohibited any further airborne actions.
And as a side point, I’m okay with this German apology. There well could be people still alive who knew some of the victims.
What doesn’t make sense is issuing an apology for something that happened a century or more ago. So Crete, yes. Slavery, no.