This memorial is part of a group of memorials in Normandy devoted to various aspects of D-Day and its aftermath including an Omaha Beach Memorial Museum which is dedicated primarily to the American effort. The sector around Bayeux was the sector manned by commonwealth forces -- nearby is the commonwealth cemetery -- just as the American cemetery is near the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum. The prominence of different flags at different memorials is perfectly legitimate. Patriotic correctness is starting to become as tedious as political correctness.