d-day

This was something brought up on another forum by some unreconstructed Marxist, that the WAllies had no practical reason not to land in France in 1943, bringing DDay back a year or so. The only reason for not doing so was something along the lines of wanting the Soviets to do all the heavy...

I am being sentimental and so forth, but for me today, in Europe, it is an exceptional day. Thank you USA, Canada and the British forces. Today is the day we remember what freedom is all about. Not a real post - no questions asked But, today, my last post.

BBC News: Google blunder over D-Day doodle When I saw the headline, I assumed they'd cocked up by depicting something not from D-Day (e.g. the flag-rasing on Iwo Jima), rather than doing nothing at all! :eek:

I'm on a bit of a history kick again, plus some alternate history, and this question occurred to me. What was the decisive, game changing, battle of the war? Or was there one at all? The usual suggestions are: Britain, Midway, Kursk, Stalingrad, Normandy and the Ardennes. But were any of them...