The most notable moment on the European front took place somewhere on the Eastern Front (choose your pick between Moscow December 1941, Stalingrad ‘42-‘43, Kurs

The most notable moment on the European front took place somewhere on the Eastern Front (choose your pick between Moscow December 1941, Stalingrad ‘42-‘43, Kursk in July of ‘43, Operation Bragaton the following summer), in fact it was on the Eastern Front where the Germans lost 80% of their men and hence where they were defeated for good. For comparison, the Omaha beach operation only had beteeen 2000 and 5000 losses for the US, which, while tragic for the people involved, is dwarfed by almost any big serious battle that had taken place further East.