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No. By the time of the invasion of Normandy the Soviet Union had been at war with Germany for three years. During all those three years the Soviet Union had been carrying, alone, the vast majority of the burden of ground combat against Germany. US and British operations in Africa, Sicily and Italy never occupied more than 10% of Germany's war effort. The Russians had been, and continued to do all the heavy lifting. The invasion of Normandy was to open a second front against Germany, and drain off strength from Germany's fight with Russia. It was also to prevent the Soviets from completely dominating all of Europe, once they had defeated Germany. But even after all the American and British and Allied forces were ashore in the west and engaged with the Germans, the Russians continued to occupy two-thirds of the German war machine.

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