Even if you view it from a cynical imperialist lens, it was still benefitial to open a second front to secure a better position in post-war negotiations. If the Western Allies left the RKKA to do everything, then there likely would have been a full DDR encompassing the whole of Germany as part of the Warsaw Pact or whatever the Eastern Bloc would be called in this alt-history.
In the short, meme way, if the Normandy landings hadn't happened then Stalin would not have stopped at Berlin.
Exactly. The US understood the utility and need for a second front from day one. Eisenhower grew progressively pissed at the British for delaying
Even if you view it from a cynical imperialist lens, it was still benefitial to open a second front to secure a better position in post-war negotiations. If the Western Allies left the RKKA to do everything, then there likely would have been a full DDR encompassing the whole of Germany as part of the Warsaw Pact or whatever the Eastern Bloc would be called in this alt-history.
In the short, meme way, if the Normandy landings hadn't happened then Stalin would not have stopped at Berlin.