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Originally Posted by john1761
If the d day landings had not happened I doubt that the Soviets would have reached the French border let alone the coast. Without the invasion all those troops that were used on the western front from the invasion to the final colapse of the reich would have been available to the eastern front. No Caen, no Cobra, no Achen , no Wahct aiem Rhine. The germans would have the resources to follow Guderian's idea of reinforceing the eastern front and stablizing it.
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The US landing did not play any role in the final stages of the war and the Soviet troops would have reached any border of any country in Europe with US landing or with out it.
The fact of the landing speaks for itself, as the US and British Govts. both acknowledged the fact that Germany lost and the whole of Europe was about to be occupied by the Red Army soon. Landing ( second front ) was the last attempt to save what was left of Europe from the inevitable Soviet occupation.