D-day

[IliaDN]

So do you consider it a major battle in WW II which had mainly affected the result of the war, or just a smart tactical political move not to lose ( or gain ) more influence in Europe?
If the sense of the question is not fully clear tell me for more details.

[clayton ballentine]

i think it was a important battle

[Kagemusha]

I would say that Landing at Normandy was a logigal move for the Western allies.If they would have tryed to punch through Northern Italy and the Alps,it could have turned into catastrophy.They needed more space to deploy their forces and landing in Normandy provided them that space to operate.

[clayton ballentine]

that sounds true also that was our only choice if wanted to win the war.

[IliaDN]

What I want to know is:
was that operation really a neccessity?

[Kagemusha]

What i know,Stalin demanded it.I believe that Western front was the secondary in Europe,but if there would been only Eastern front,i think Soviet Union would have been in trouble.

[master of the puppets]

it was not a true neccesity, we would not have lost without it but it was the smartest move at the time, like they said we already had italy and we could have moved through the alps but we would have encountered fierce resistance. in fact most of the german panzers were waiting for an attack on the alps led by general patton. what d-day did was for all intensive purposes was a very big flanking menuever to get around the brunt of the nazi's forces.