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Originally Posted by uffandr
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Here is the discussion iniciated by Russians on American forum.
As you see, some difference in informational boards.
As for me, i can say that
I was educated in Russia’s military high-school.
And, for example, we were said there that USA and Great Britain could open the Second front line in Europe against Germany already in 1942. Because the Athlantic Border of Nazis was a mythe. And both the USA and Great Britain were ready anough to catch Germany in twistle while Soviet Army was finishing with them near the Stalingrad. But Mr.Churchill and Rusvelt preferred to have some new colonies in Africa. And the British Prime-Minister even sacrificed two thousand soldgiers while attacking Djepp – the most fortificated point on the European sea-bank – in order to show that there is no perspective.
The popular Soviet definition: Western leaders were looking for further weakening both Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
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First of all, welcome to this forum.
Back to topic, no, the Western Allies simply were not prepared to open an European Continent 2nd front in 1942. Dieppe was a test, and it failed. Quite simply military expertise in landing operations did not exist.
May I remind of the trouble that was being taken in defeating the German and Italian troops in North Africa, which shows that even against such a limited enemy the W.A. were not up to a greater task yet.
The first successful landing operation in large scale was in Sicily in 1943
Allied invasion of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at the time of the Kursk Battle, soon followed by invasion of italy.
It still took almost another year to finish a large enough troop and supplies build up to perform the Normandy landing (Op. Overlord), including time for the weather to allow it, which only occurred in June 1944.
The African colonial argument is not valid, the entire Africa was already colonised.