While many attribute the assault on Normandy beach, known to many as “D-Day,” despite the actual meaning of the term, had Germany held Normandy beach they still would have fallen. The Italian front had already been opened, and “Millions of enemy soldiers had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner by the Red Army before D-Day.”1 The Nazi armies were weakened from various assaults into the USSR, and only a fraction of the allies forces would have been lost. The only effect would be that the war in Europe would have been extended a few years.
The remaining forces of the Allies would have been diverted to Italy and Russia, allowing massive offenses into Southern and Eastern Europe. Stalin’s request for a second front would be fulfilled, and the Allied air force would continue supporting Russian and Allied armies. The time it would take to divert and transport those troops would mean that Russia would take more of Europe and subsequently spread communism further across the continent. They would also be more influential and have larger demands during peace treaties after the war, allowing them to take more of Europe for themselves, rather than establishing independent or puppet governments. The offensives from Italy, in comparison would come later, and perhaps not at all since the Red Army could easily push the …show more content…
The Allies sent 156 000 troops, 24 000 of which who were behind enemy line guaranteeing their capture or deaths. The remaining 132 000, assuming similar conditions the Americans faced on Omaha beach, would have “...96 percent killed or wounded.”2 But these casualties would only have been a miniscule percentage of the millions of Americans fit to serve, and the British Commonwealth still had many troops remaining as well. Therefore, the losses taken on Normandy beach would have been ineffective in the
The remaining forces of the Allies would have been diverted to Italy and Russia, allowing massive offenses into Southern and Eastern Europe. Stalin’s request for a second front would be fulfilled, and the Allied air force would continue supporting Russian and Allied armies. The time it would take to divert and transport those troops would mean that Russia would take more of Europe and subsequently spread communism further across the continent. They would also be more influential and have larger demands during peace treaties after the war, allowing them to take more of Europe for themselves, rather than establishing independent or puppet governments. The offensives from Italy, in comparison would come later, and perhaps not at all since the Red Army could easily push the …show more content…
The Allies sent 156 000 troops, 24 000 of which who were behind enemy line guaranteeing their capture or deaths. The remaining 132 000, assuming similar conditions the Americans faced on Omaha beach, would have “...96 percent killed or wounded.”2 But these casualties would only have been a miniscule percentage of the millions of Americans fit to serve, and the British Commonwealth still had many troops remaining as well. Therefore, the losses taken on Normandy beach would have been ineffective in the