Stalin's dismay as D-Day postponed
11th June 1943: Allied promises that they will open a "Second Front" in Western Europe leaves Soviet Russia taking the brunt of the German onslaught
On 3rd June Roosevelt had written to Stalin to explain that the proposed 'Second Front', the invasion of Western Europe would not take place until 1944. Stalin was naturally not very impressed by this decision. On the 11th June he replied, expressing his dismay that he had not been consult…
