The correct answer is A) Joseph Stalin.
The leader that pushed for an invasion of Europe by way of the English Channel was Russian leader Joseph Stalin.
On August 13, 1942, USSR leader Joseph Stalin exerted pressure to other Allies leaders like President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to open a second European front. Stalin wanted to invade the already German-occupied territories of Western Europe. After one year of fight, Stalin considered that the Russian Army needed some relief in the Western front. The English channel is the sea that divides north France from Southern England.