second front
- alliedJoined in partnership
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
Western · offensive · 1944 · Churchill · Roosevelt · theater · assault · beachhead · Europe · military · campaign · landing · troops · flanking · diversion · counterattack · pressure · wartime
- Battlefrontsfront line, front lines, frontline, Eastern Front, Western Front
- WWII EuropeNormandy, Operation Overlord, Battle of Britain, D-Day, Utah Beach
offensive vs. defensive posture
second frontdefensive line
Blockers facing the offense
holding action · rear guard · home front · defensive perimeter