Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-217.111.76.245-20140508135646/@comment-26283060-20150730213232

The USSR knew that a second front was necessary to win. Sure, there was the Italian front, but if D-day failed, so would the allied war effort. The USSR, although a major ally, couldn't have won itself. Everyone knew that at the time. But it seems that in the scope of a few decades, everyone's forgotten about the role each nation played. Neither the US nor the USSR would have been able to win without help from the other allies. Without a D-Day, there would be more forces that could resist the soviets or the allies in Italy. The Germans were losing, yes, but not on the scale you assume they were losing.