[robowombat]

From looking at the forces available including landing craft I suspect a ‘Second Front Now’ invasion in mid-43 would have produced a very big version of the Anzio Beachead. Which, I believe, is what WSC was concerned would happen. He never thought the Germans would crush the landing as they did at Dieppe. It would be to big for that. But contain it and turn it into a sort of the second coming of Gallipoli, that did have a good chance of happening. A year later the correlation of forces was really heavily tipped towards the Anglo-Americans.

[Snickering Hound]

From looking at the forces available including landing craft I suspect a ‘Second Front Now’ invasion in mid-43 would have produced a very big version of the Anzio Beachead. Which, I believe, is what WSC was concerned would happen. He never thought the Germans would crush the landing as they did at Dieppe. It would be to big for that. But contain it and turn it into a sort of the second coming of Gallipoli, that did have a good chance of happening. A year later the correlation of forces was really heavily tipped towards the Anglo-Americans.

German armor in 43' was committed to Kursk where they were bled white.

Dieppe only involved about 6000 Canadian troops.

German defenses were actually much better prepared in Summer 44' than they were in Summer 43' although they had been reinforced after the Dieppe debacle.

[Vermont Lt]

Not to mention the Russians were bleeding them from the east.

I think the allies did a great job on the Nazis. The US was instrumental in getting the machines and bullets to Europe. But our losses—no matter how horrific—paled in comparison to the Eastern Front.