http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/war/color-footage-of-wwii-mainly-d-day/





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33r2nSk1h8

In 1942 & 43, the U.S. and Britain concentrated their fighting against Germany & Italy in the Mediterranean and Middle East, mostly North Africa.
In 1943, U.S. troops finally came up through Italy, and though there was some success in that operation, it bogged down the Allies and soaked up Allied resources.

�The Allies were assisting Soviets with supplies and $, but not troops.� Meanwhile, Soviets were suffering millions of casualties and physical devastation of their land and infrastructure.� Yet, the Soviets exhibited remarkable bravery and skilled fighting, all of which earned the admiration of their American allies. Still, the Allies delayed actual military assistance to the Soviets. Allied military leaders explained their tactical reasons for doing so, but a comment made by Vice-President Harry Truman in 1941 is revealing: �If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don�t want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances.�� Soviets were very suspicious of their Allies for delaying the opening of the Second Front, certain that America wanted the Soviets and Germans to destroy each other.

Finally, western Allies opened the Second Front. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, in a daring and risky operation, the American troops invaded the coast of Normandy in northwestern France. (See film Saving Private Ryan.)� Over the summer, the Allies slowly moved across France toward Germany � the largest U.S. operation of the war.�


Fast forward to collapse of Nazi empire in spring of 1945.� Soviets had already occupied most of Eastern Europe, including the eastern part of Germany, by that time.
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~ppennock/L-WWIIabroad.htm