you told it, the first version. Crete 2.15 works, and we all have seen axis won this map more than one and two times.
Axis can't win FH1 Crete unless the british team is a bunch of drunken friends celebrating a stag party with the hookers over the kness
are you serious?
besides having FH1 planes (nosecam for better overview, much better flying physics & accuracy, no land-to-reload feature), including the dreaded me-110, axis could use the allied tanks and aaa in FH1s 0.7 version of crete. and the british air-defense wasnt nearly as dense as it is in the FH2 version, with only 6 bofors overall (4 concentrated at hill107, and another two at the sunken destroyer at suda bay).
from my personal experience of playing hundreds of hours of both FH1 and FH2 on public servers, i can assure you, that FH1s version was a "walk on the beach" for axis compared to the FH2 version even after the adjustments being done for the FH2.15 version.
and yes, axis can win the FH2 version, i experienced it quite some times even with a full 64 player loadout. it just requires some good teamwork and a bit of luck to be at the right place at the right time. but your comparison with FH1 cant be further away from the truth.