[Ditto]

Ditto, you should know that Normandy was a third front, opened for political purposes to keep our Soviet "allies" happy,

No, Italy, like North Africa, was a 'second front' openned to keep Stalin quiet. Both were poorly planned and equipped. Operation 'Overlord' was being planned long before the Italian campaign. There was never any consideration that US and British forces would be able to strike into Germany, across the Alps from Italy. Normandy was the end game plan from the beginning. Even Hitler understood that the invasion would be through France. He simple didn't consider the beaches of Normandy to be the likely invasion point.

[Leesylvanian]

Yes, Normandy was planned as the obvious end game, but the schedule is a bit controversial, with the hectoring of Stalin to his great buddy, FDR, the first socialist/anti-American president in a long line of Democraps. Did we really intend to go in early June, or was it pushed up? We may never know. Ike knew why he wanted it in June, but did he really know why FDR wanted it then? I'm not a conspiracy monger, do a search on my replies on those kinds of threads and you'll see I'm quite the opposite. I won't be replying until the 27th as I have to go now for the holidays. Maybe later if my wife goes into labor..."see" you later, and Merry Christmas.