Why did britian and the usa lauch d-day landing when they knew russia was winning why waste more lives?

Answer 1

Russia was not so much an ally, only in the sense of having a common enemy. My enemy's enemy is my friend. While it was helpful to Russia having the Germans stretched on another front to the West, and helpful to the Allies having Germany stretched on another front to the East (Germany is a difficult location to defend from both sides) the Allies had to advance as far East as possible. Imagine if the USSR had "liberated" the whole of mainland Europe. The communist bloc would have included the whole of Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Czech. The consequences would have been different.

Answer 2

First of all we would not have won without the Russians,they
tied Hitler up for years on the Eastern front at the cost of millions of war dead. We did D - Day not because we wanted to stop Russia taking western Europe,but first and foremost to liberate our allies, and destroy Germany. Stopping the Russians came when we reached The Rhine and realised
that the Soviets could take the whole of Germany.
Stalin also insisted on a second front long before D - Day but Churchill and Roosevelt decided to go through the Med. then known as the soft belly of Europe.

Answer 3

Russia and the US were allies of convenience. At heart, each side knew that they would be enemies again after the war. The allies could not afford to let all of Western Europe come under Soviet influence. As it was, there was some criticism about the decision to let the Soviets take Berlin. It saved a lot of allied lives, no doubt, but it gave the Soviets an advantage in the reorganization of postwar Germany.

Answer 4

Believe it or not, Churchill and Roosevelt had promised Stalin that they would open a second front and they were as good as their word.

This was partly because Stalin was threatening to push the Germans back as far as the German border with Poland and then make a peace deal.

That would have allowed the Germans to consolidate their hold on Europe.

The second risk was that the Russians would in fact keep rolling across europe and only stop when they reached the English Channel.

Now when you consider that in the period that Hitler had killed six million jews, Stalin had killed ten million Russians, that was not a pleasant prospect as an alternative to the Nazis.

Answer 5

Because we were fighting the war on a number of fronts, the russians were successful on the eastern front but it was the french, British and US largely on the western front.

Are you seriously suggesting that Russia could have advanced across Europe from the eastern front to the western front quickly and without loss of life and then to win again; Russian forces were successful at Stalingrad and crushed the german forces there but that did not end WW2, granted it quickened the demise of Hitler and his advancements but there was a whole host of separate fronts and wars going on across Europe, Africa, Asia.

Russia had motives of their own to dominate europe and whilst allies required Russia on the eastern front they were all too well aware of Stalin's aspirations in Europe and needed to hold that in check.

The D Day landings saved thousands and thousands of lives and should always be remembered and acknowledged as so.

WW2 was far more complicated than what you purport; war usually is.

Answer 6

The US and Britain didn't trust the USSR that much. If they left them to do want ever they would have do want they did at home which was similar to what Hitler did. it was better to squeeze the Nazis to defeat them quick so the USSR didn't take over Europe. It would not just have been East and West Germany at the end of the war.

Answer 7

they needed to do something. during a war u just cant wait around waiting for it to end. and d-day was one of the greatest military days ever. read up on your history more. also they saved more lives by gaining more land, freeing occupied countries, and getting closer to ending the war. and another thing... many men died that day but not nearly as many died as was thought. so all in all the allies did a good job with d-day

Answer 8

Russia begged for a second front. Without d-day the Germans could have shifted all those forces to the eastern front. Between lend lease and such, we saved Russias behind.

Answer 9

To stop Russia from taking the rest of Europe too.

Answer 10

Maybe they didnt want the Russians occupying Western Europe. Maybe they realised the Red Army wouldnt be able to fight much further than Germany. Maybe they wanted to do their duty as well?