In February 1943, Churchill had begun to yieldto Stalin's pressure and had promiseda...

[narrator] In February 1943, Churchill had begun to yield
to Stalin's pressure and had promised
a cross‐Channel operation in August or September
of that year. When this was postponed
for more than eight months, Stalin was incandescent and recalled his ambassadors from London and Washington
in protest. Operation Overlord had
an inauspicious beginning. Stalin was insistent
on Operation Overlord because he knew how much pain his people were coming under
on the Eastern Front, how many people were dying
in the millions, and that they couldn't sustain
this forever