It aims to remind the older generation and to teach the younger about the war effort on the home front: that all three of Canada's military services, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Canadian Army proved themselves to be a better match against the powerful enemy forces they met, and that the Merchant Navy, for its heroic part, carried the troops and the landing crafts in which the troops stormed the beaches.
Il vise en outre à sensibiliser les plus jeunes générations à l'effort de guerre sur le front intérieur. Les trois armes du Canada ont participé aux opérations du jour J. L'Aviation royale du Canada, la Marine royale du Canada et l'Armée canadienne, ont constitué une formidable opposition à la puissance des forces ennemies.