It gave the allies a foothold in Europe in order to defeat the Germans....
The Allies flanked the Germans because it made tactical sense to do so.
They couldn't fight the Germans back because they didn't have enough weapons to fight back to the Germans and when a shipped tried to get weapons or leave the Germans would torpedo it.
They feared the Germans
If the Soviets continued to fight the Central Powers, it would mean the Allies would spend less money and lose fewer lives. If you were in a fight, wouldn't you want to have someone helping you out?
It gave the allies a foothold in Europe in order to defeat the Germans....
It gave the allies a foothold in Europe in order to defeat the Germans....
It gave the allies a foothold in Europe in order to defeat the Germans....
Yes they landed in Sicily and moved up the mainland to fight the Germans.
The invasion gave the the Germans another front to fight upon, dividing their military forces to fight on several fronts.
The Allies flanked the Germans because it made tactical sense to do so.
The victory over the Germans at the battle for Stalingrad on the Eastern Front meant that the Germans were effectively fighting a two-front war . This meant that the Germans were forced to divide the bulk of their resources to fight both the Russians on the Eastern Front as well as the Allies on the Western Front . The Allies knew that complete victory over the Germans was then inevitable for had the Germans defeated the Russians then the Germans would then be able to commit their full resources to thwart any effort on the part of the Allies to invade and defeat the Germans who no longer had two fronts to fight on in the war . The Russian victory at Stalingrad meant that the Russians could indeed defeat German efforts and the Allies were encouraged by this who were then committed to the eventual defeat of Germany now having confidence that their Russian allies were capable of turning the tide of war against the Germans .
Russia's invovlement forced the Germans to fight on two fronts in Europe which lessened the pressure on France.
Fight in the trenches and try to break a stalemate and overcome the Germans stranglehold. Eventually the Allies overcame the Germans once the Americans built up their force and more technological advances reached the troops.
The Poles were invaded by the Nazis. They did not want to fight with the Nazis or cooperate with them. Poles were killed by the thousands. Germans moved right into their homes and businesses. So any Poles who made it to freedom or were already in England they fought as free Poles with the Allies to defeat the Nazis. There was a fairly strong Underground Resistance movement in Poland to fight against the Nazis.
The Italian government surrendered on 8 September 1943, the day before the Allies landed on the mainland of Italy. Now, this did not end the war in Italy. The Germans rushed in to take over the land that they could and began fighting the Allies on the Italian homeland. The Italian's who supported Mussolini and the Fascists, joined the Germans and continued to fight. And any able-bodied man they found they threatened to send to concentration camps if they did not join them. So the Germans and some Italians continued to fight until the German army in Italy surrendered on 2 May 1945---only a few days before the Germans surrendered.
D day was on June 6th 1944, this was the day that the Allies left England to fight the Germans so they could liberate Europe.