From the History site:"D-Day: Facts on the epic 1944 invasion that changed the course of WW II" by Dave Roos.
2. THE D-DAY INVASION TOOK YEARS OF PLANNING.
Allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill knew from the start of the war that a massive invasion of mainland Europe would be critical to relieve pressure on the Soviet Army fighting the Germans on the Eastern Front.
It was initially called "Operation Sledgehammer" called for an Allied invasion of ports in northwest France as early as 1943, but Roosevelt and Churchill decided to invade North Africa first and then invade Europe through Italy.
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