Stalin insisted on opening a second front during World War II.

Axar.az reports this was stated by the chairman of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

"It was Stalin's mistake. Why did he demand the opening of the Second Front? You had to demand planes, tanks, cars! Why are you hastening the opening of the second front? Britons, sit on your islands, Americans, sit on the other side of the ocean.

We were already in Europe in the summer of 1944. We could occupy everywhere, go to the English Channel and put everyone on their knees," he said.