Commencement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> invasion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, with the execution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normandy landings">Operation Neptune</a>—commonly referred to as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.<sup about="#mwt164" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-29" id="mw7w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8A">[29]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt168" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"}}' id="cite_ref-30" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-30" id="mw8Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8g">[30]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt161" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBeevor2009"><a href="./Antony_Beevor" id="mwBsE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antony Beevor">Beevor, Antony</a> (2009). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ddaybattlefornor00beev_0" id="mwBsI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBsM">D-Day: The Battle for Normandy</i></a>. New York City: Viking. p.<span id="mwBsQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>74. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBsU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBsY" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-06-70021-19-2" id="mwBsc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-06-70021-19-2"><bdi id="mwBsg">978-06-70021-19-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt161" class="Z3988" id="mwBsk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=D-Day%3A+The+Battle+for+Normandy&amp;rft.place=New+York+City&amp;rft.pages=74&amp;rft.pub=Viking&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=978-06-70021-19-2&amp;rft.aulast=Beevor&amp;rft.aufirst=Antony&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fddaybattlefornor00beev_0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+6"></span></span>