The capture of Paris marked the end of Operation Overlord. The artwork is a representation of the large scale of the number of troops on the beaches. The dark blue characterizes the gray sky.
Operation Overlord was codenamed during World War II for the large-scale landing by the Western Allies on the Normandy coast of German-occupied Western Europe.
Operation Overlord began on June 6, 1944 with the largest amphibious landing in history. 'Overlord' was the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, the Germans were already losing to the Soviet Union and Rome had been captured by the Allies two days earlier.
The capture of Paris marked the end of Operation Overlord. The artwork is a representation of the large scale of the number of troops on the beaches. The dark blue characterizes the gray sky.