WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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men and material were needed more urgently in the Pacific.
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the Soviet Union requested a delay until they could coordinate attacks on the eastern and western fronts.
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they believed that North Africa was more strategically vital.
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the British were fearful of becoming bogged down in a ground war in France.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On January 31, 1944, several key leaders agreed to postpone the invasion over concerns that there would not be enough ships available by May, finally setting the stage for the June invasion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fall of France and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 meant that the British and the Americans had to recreate a front in western Europe by means of an amphibious invasion before they could even get to grips with the main body of the German armed forces, let alone defeat them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Germans had air control. That alone prevented any thought of invasion.
Detailed explanation-4: -To relieve the enormous pressure on the Soviet Union, American President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had promised, on behalf of the United States and the United Kingdom, to open a second front in Western Europe.