johnny reb 48 | 8003
6 Jun 2021 #1
77 years ago Stalin was pushing against Germany's conquered territory in Poland and the Baltic states.
The Soviets looked unstoppable.
Would Stalin have been able to finish Hitler without D-Day and an allied advance from the west.
Perhaps with many more civilian deaths and Poland would have been speaking Russian or German.
What is certain is that D-Day and the liberation of western Europe that followed made Hitler's destruction a certainty.
Any hope that Germany might be able to direct its entire war machine towards the Red Army came to an end once the western allies were pounding up the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944 with "Operation Overload."
Casualties that day were:
2500 Americans dead
3000 Americans wounded
2000 Americans missing in action
2700 British dead
1000 Canadians dead
Some estimates are much higher.
The Soviets looked unstoppable.
Would Stalin have been able to finish Hitler without D-Day and an allied advance from the west.
Perhaps with many more civilian deaths and Poland would have been speaking Russian or German.
What is certain is that D-Day and the liberation of western Europe that followed made Hitler's destruction a certainty.
Any hope that Germany might be able to direct its entire war machine towards the Red Army came to an end once the western allies were pounding up the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944 with "Operation Overload."
Casualties that day were:
2500 Americans dead
3000 Americans wounded
2000 Americans missing in action
2700 British dead
1000 Canadians dead
Some estimates are much higher.