Question

Why did Soviet leader Joseph Stalin want the United States and Britain to invade France during World War II?
to help the French Resistance retake Paris
to distract German forces from the Pacific front
to take control of Western Europe before the U.S. and Britain
to open a second front and force Germany to split its army

Answer 1

to open a second front and force Germany to split its army

Stalin wanted a Western invasion (like the 1944 Normandy landings) to relieve pressure on the Red Army by forcing Germany to divert troops and resources from the Eastern Front.