The politics of the invasion were touched on in this post, but were significant. Stalin wanted a second front opened in Europe, and was unhappy with the strategy of attacking Sicily/Italy before France. Politics among generals. Marshall wanted Ike's job, but FDR wouldn't give it to him because he wanted him in the US. As Kershaw excellently describes, the amount of pressure everywhere on this decision was significant.
As Kershaw also relays, there are probably very few decisions in the rest of the 20th, or 21st century that rival it.
The politics of the invasion were touched on in this post, but were significant. Stalin wanted a second front opened in Europe, and was unhappy with the strategy of attacking Sicily/Italy before France. Politics among generals. Marshall wanted Ike's job, but FDR wouldn't give it to him because he wanted him in the US. As Kershaw excellently describes, the amount of pressure everywhere on this decision was significant.
As Kershaw also relays, there are probably very few decisions in the rest of the 20th, or 21st century that rival it.
Only Truman's a few months later.
#salute #respect
Outstanding! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
From Eisenhower's Guildhall address in London after the German surrender, "I come from the very heart of America ..."
Ike's decision to go was Eisenhower at his finest and America at its best.