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Originally Posted by lwd
There was very little danger of the Red Army occupying all of Europe.
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Fair enough, that is after all your opinion.
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Originally Posted by Za Rodinu
Come on, Slo, you have to be exagerating. Of course the Allied landings in D-Day (not only US, but UK, Canada, etc.) were extremely important to guarantee final victory.
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Very well, I deserve this. I should have been more careful in choosing words
While yes the ALLIED landings played a role in helping put an end to the war sooner. Germany's fate had been sealed in late 1943 and there was no stopping the Red Army advance.
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The Western Allies did the landings in order to defeat the Reich, not to preempt a Red Army conquest of Europe. Or are you trying to fight the Cold War before it's time?
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Churchill's worry was exactly that....... He was very well aware of the consequences if a second front had not been opened up. He even expressed his concern to Roosevelt about the matter. I will try to locate this source.
Sure defeating the 3rd Reich was the priority ( I should have made this clear )
But there were those who were very well aware of the Soviet threat as well. Communism afterall was a threat to democracy.
