Half true. By June 1944, it was clear that with our logistical support, the Soviets would have beaten the Nazis eventually with our without the 2nd front. It just would have taken longer.
D-day did not save Europe from the Nazis. It did, however, save Western Europe from domination by the Soviet Union, whose regime was every bit as evil as the Nazi regime.
I don’t really agree. I think the day did save most of Western Europe from the Nazis. And as an American, I thank God for the Soviet meat grinder on the Eastern Front so fewer boys from Kentucky, Colorado, New York and Tennessee died. We lost enough as it is. Far too many Americans have zero appreciation for the size of the Soviet effort, and the weight they brought to the fight. But it would be absolutely blindingly ignorant to believe that D-Day and the battle in Western Europe was less than absolutely crucial to the Nazi defeat.
That mentality reminds me of the people who claim that the 8th AF bombing had no serious effect on Germany.
good observation, IMO