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Methodology

I surveyed all 39 sources listed under Bibliography, all 15 books under "Further reading", all 10 links under external links, the memoirs of the 6 surviving D-Day commanders (who wrote memoirs), the 77 books in Bibliography of World War II (although I ended up discarding 61 books which didn't discuss Normandy), and 10 general histories from my own library of books.

For each source, I did a textual search for the phrases "D-Day", "Normandy" and "Landing(s)". If one of the phrases appeared in the title, that source would be marked as containing that phrase in the results table. In the case of "Landings", I would check the nearby keywords to ensure the subject really was on the Landings at Normandy. If no phrase appears in the title, I would repeat the search on the "Table of Contents". If a match still wasn't found, I would repeat the search using the prose. Here, I would reach the contextual paragraph of each match to ensure the topic under discussion really was the 6 June 1944 event.

For the Google Scholar searches, I searched performed a search for "D-Day"[1], "Normandy landings" [2], and '"D-day" "Normandy landings"' [3]. For the 100 cites+ search, the searches were repeated using Harzing's Publish or Perish tool v7.21.2812.7445, exported to Microsoft Excel then filtered only to publications cited >100 times.

Results

Survey of bibliographic sources used by Wikipedia for the subject of D-Day, analysing the usage of the term "D-Day" vs "Normandy Landings"
Source Type	# of type	# Using primarily D-Day	# Using primarily Normandy Landings	# using Both D-Day and Normandy Landings	# Unavailable
Bibliography	39	25	3	5	6
External Links	10	8	1	0	0
Further Reading	15	9	3	3	0
Memoirs	7	4	1	0	2
Bibliography of World War II	14	5	1	4	0
Misc	10	7	0	3	10
Google Scholar		364,000	15,400	1,870
Google Scholar (100+ cites only)		495	16	18
Totals	95	58	9	15	18

Raw Data

Listed Under	Author	Article / Book	Primarily Uses "D-Day"	Primarily Uses "Normandy Landings"	Uses both D-Day and "Normandy Landings"	Copy Unavailable	Notes
Bibliography	Ambrose, Stephen	[1993]. D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-67334-5.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Beevor, Antony	. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy. New York; Toronto: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02119-2.			✔		Both D-Day and Normandy used in title
Bibliography	Bickers, Richard Townshend	. Air War Normandy. London: Leo Cooper. ISBN 978-0-85052-412-3.		✔			Normandy used in title
Bibliography	Brown, Anthony Cave	[1975]. Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-59921-383-5.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Caddick-Adams, Peter	. Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-1-84794-8-281.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Churchill, Winston	[1948]. Closing the Ring. The Second World War. V. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 396150.	✔				D-Day not used in Closing the Ring. Both titles used in Triumph Tragedy but D-Day takes precedent as Ch1 title
Bibliography	Corta, Henry	. Les bérets rouges [The Red Berets] (in French				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	Corta, Henry	. Qui ose gagne [Who dares, wins] (in French				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	D-Day Museum	D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: Your Questions Answered. ddaymuseum.co.uk. Portsmouth Museum Services. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.			✔		Both D-Day and Normandy used in title
Bibliography	Douthit, Howard L. III	. The Use and Effectiveness of Sabotage as a Means of Unconventional Warfare – An Historical Perspective from World War I Through Vietnam			✔		p24. D-Day takes precedence
Bibliography	Ellis, L.F.; Allen, G.R.G.; Warhurst, A.E., Butler, J.R.M.	. Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-058-0.	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Bibliography	Escott, Beryl E.	. The Heroines of SOE: Britain's Secret Women in France. Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-5661-4.	✔				p168
Bibliography	Flint, Edward R	. The development of British civil affairs and its employment in the British Sector of Allied military operations during the Battle of Normandy, June to August 1944 (Ph.D. thesis). Cranfield, Bedford: Cranfield University; Cranfield Defence and Security School, Department of Applied Science, Security and Resilience, Security and Resilience Group. OCLC 757064836.	✔				p4
Bibliography	Folliard, Edward T.	. "Molotov's Visit to White House, Postwar Amity Pledge Revealed". Washington Post.				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	Ford, Ken; Zaloga, Steven J.	. Overlord: The D-Day Landings. Oxford; New York: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-424-4.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Francois, Dominique	. Normandy: From D-Day to the Breakout: June 6 – July 31, 1944. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4558-0.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Gilbert, Martin	. The Second World War: A Complete History. New York: H. Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-1788-5.	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Bibliography	Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.; Wenger, J. Michael	. D-Day: The Story and Photographs. McLean, Virginia: Brassey's. ISBN 978-0-02-881057-7.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Holland, James	. "D-Day: Exploding the myths of the Normandy landings". edition.cnn.com. CNN.			✔		Both used in title
Bibliography	Hooton, Edward	[1997]. Eagle in Flames: The Fall of the Luftwaffe. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 978-1-86019-995-0.				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	Horn, Bernd	. Men of Steel: Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-708-8.	✔				p11
Bibliography	Liedtke, Gregory	. "Lost in the Mud: The (Nearly				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	Margaritis, Peter	. Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective: The German High Command in Occupied France, 1944. Philadelphia; Oxford, UK: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-769-4.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Morison, Samuel Eliot	. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 11. The invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945. Boston: Little, Brown. OCLC 757924260.			✔		p323
Bibliography	Murray, Williamson	. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933–45. Washington: Brassey's. ISBN 978-1-57488-125-7.	✔				p64
Bibliography	Napier, Stephen	. The Armoured Campaign in Normandy June–August 1944. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6473-9.	✔				p4
Bibliography	Memorial Pegasus D-Day Commemoration	Pegasus Bridge: The Bridge of the Longest Day. memorial-pegasus.org. Mémorial Pegasus D-Day Commemoration Committee. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.	✔				p1
Bibliography	United States Army	Special Operations Research Office, Counter-insurgency Information Analysis Center. A Study of Rear Area Security Measures. Washington: American University.				❌	Unable to access
Bibliography	Speer, Albert	[1969]. Inside the Third Reich. New York: Avon. ISBN 978-0-380-00071-5.		✔			p467
Bibliography	Staff	. "D-Day: In the words of the BBC journalists". bbc.com. BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2014.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Stanley, Peter	. "Australians and D-Day". Anniversary talks. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2020.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Weigley, Russell F.	. Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany 1944–1945. I. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-13333-5.	✔				Section: The Beach
Bibliography	Weinberg, Gerhard	[1993]. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55879-2.	✔				p683
Bibliography	Whitmarsh, Andrew	. D-Day in Photographs. Stroud: History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-5095-7.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Wilmot, Chester	[1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 978-1-85326-677-5.	✔				p747 (Index)
Bibliography	Yung, Christopher D.	. Gators of Neptune: Naval Amphibious Planning for the Normandy Invasion. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-997-2.		✔			Normandy used in title
Bibliography	Zaloga, Steven J; Johnson, Hugh	. D-Day Fortifications in Normandy. Oxford; New York: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-4728-0382-5.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Zaloga, Steven J.	. Rangers Lead the Way: Pointe-du-Hoc, D-Day 1944. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-394-0.	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography	Zuehlke, Mark	. Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory: June 6, 1944. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 978-1-55365-050-8.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Badsey, Stephen	. Normandy 1944: Allied Landings and Breakout. Osprey Campaign Series. 1. Botley, Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-0-85045-921-0.		✔			Allied Landings used in title
Further Reading	Buckley, John	. The Normandy Campaign: 1944: Sixty Years On. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-20303-1.			✔		unnumbered pages
Further Reading	D'Este, Carlo	. Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign. London: William Collins Sons. ISBN 978-0-00-217056-7.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Dolski, Michael; Edwards, Sam; Buckley, John, eds.	. D-Day in History and Memory: The Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration. Denton: University of North Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-57441-548-3.			✔		Both used in title
Further Reading	Holderfield, Randal J.; Varhola, Michael J.	. The Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944. Mason City, Iowa: Savas. ISBN 978-1-882810-45-1.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Holland, James	. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France. New York: Grove Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-4709-7.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Keegan, John	. Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-023542-5.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Milton, Giles	. D-Day: The Soldiers' Story. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-1473649019.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Neillands, Robin	. The Battle of Normandy, 1944. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-35837-3.	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Further Reading	Ryan, Cornelius	. The Longest Day. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-20814-1.	✔				D-Day used in sub title
Further Reading	Stacey, C.P.	. Canada's Battle in Normandy: The Canadian Army's Share in the Operations, 6 June – 1 September 1944. Ottawa: King's Printer. OCLC 39263107.		✔			Landings used in chapter title
Further Reading	Stacey, C.P.	Volume III. The Victory Campaign, The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945 (PDF). Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Ottawa: Department of National Defence.		✔			Both used in chapter title. But Landings takes precedence
Further Reading	Tute, Warren; Costello, John; Hughes, Terry	. D-Day. London: Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-24418-3.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Whitlock, Flint	. The Fighting First: The Untold Story of The Big Red One on D-Day. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-4218-4.	✔				D-Day used in title
Further Reading	Zetterling, Niklas	. Normandy 1944: German Military Organisation, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness. Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. ISBN 978-0-921991-56-4.			✔		p103, p95
Memoir	Winston Churchill	Triumph & Tragedy	✔				Both used in chapter titles, but D-Day takes precedence
Memoir	Dwight Eisenhower	Crusade in Europe	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Memoir	Bernard Montgomery	The Memoirs of Bernard Montgomery	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Memoir	Omar Bradley	A General's Life	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Memoir	Arthur Tedder	With Prejudice: The War Memoirs of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder				❌	Unable to access
Memoir	Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg	The Critical Years				❌	Unable to access
Memoir	Karl Donitz	Ten Years and Twenty Days		✔			unnumbered pages
External Links	Michael Boire	"Lest We Forget: A Review of Books Marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day". Canadian Military Journal	✔				D-Day used in title
External Links	US Army Center for Military History	The Normandy Invasion	✔				D-Day used in article
External Links	American-Divisions.com	Neptune Operations Plan
External Links	Naval-History.net	Naval details for Overlord		✔			Normandy Landings used as sub title
External Links	Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home	Documents on World War II: D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy	✔				D-Day used in title
External Links	Omar Bradley D-Day Maps	Lt. General Omar Bradley FUSAG 12TH AG: June 6, 1944 D-Day Maps	✔				D-Day used in title
External Links	Normandy.secondworldwar.nl	Allied veterans remember D-Day	✔				D-Day used in title
External Links	Naval History and Heritage Command	Operation Overlord: Invasion of Normandy	✔				D-Day used in article
External Links	National Archives and Records Administration	Big Picture: D-Day Convoy to Normandy	✔				D-Day used in title
External Links	CBS Radio News	Complete Broadcast Day: D-Day	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography of World War II	Addison, Paul and Angus Calder	Time to Kill: The Soldier's Experience of War in the West, 1939–1945			✔		p90
Bibliography of World War II	Davies, Norman	Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory	✔				p118
Bibliography of World War II	Dimbleby, Jonathan	The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War			✔		unnumbered pages
Bibliography of World War II	Gawne, Jonathan	Spearheading D-Day: American Special Units, 6 June 1944	✔				D-Day used in title
Bibliography of World War II	Hastings, Max	Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944–1945	✔				p118
Bibliography of World War II	Kaufmann, J	Fortress Europe, European Fortifications of World War II	✔				p388
Bibliography of World War II	Kershaw, Ian	To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914–1949			✔		unnumbered pages
Bibliography of World War II	Leitz, Christian	Nazi Germany and Neutral Europe during the Second World War		✔			p183
Bibliography of World War II	Levine, Alan J	From the Normandy Beaches To The Baltic Sea: The Northwest Europe Campaign, 1944–1945	✔				p64
Bibliography of World War II	Macdonald, Charles B	The Mighty Endeavor: American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II
Bibliography of World War II	Perry, Marvin	World War II in Europe: A Concise History			✔		Both used in chapter titles. Landings includes planning phase
Bibliography of World War II	Thomas, R	Britain and Vichy: The Dilemma of Anglo-French Relations, 1940–42
Bibliography of World War II	Wilmot, Chester	The Struggle for Europe
Bibliography of World War II	Zabecki, David, ed	World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia
Misc	Andrew Roberts	Churchill walking with Destiny	✔				D-Day used in chapter title
Misc	Stephen Ambrose	American Heritage History of World War II			✔		D-Day used in p393. Normandy landings used in p394
Misc	Max Hastings	Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy	✔				D-Day used in title
Misc	Liddell Hart	History of the Second World War			✔		ch31
Misc	Mark Arnold-Foster	The World At War (companion book)	✔				p323
Misc	Essaume/Bellfield	The Battle for Normandy	✔				p53
Misc	Russell A. Hart	Clash of Arms	✔				p247
Misc	Stephen Tucker	World War II Encyclopedia			✔		p2673
Misc	John Keegan	Second World War	✔				p318
Misc	Dear / Foot	Oxford Companion to World War II	✔				p662