Leadership, Management and Command: Rethinking D-DayThe author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers. |
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Page 7
... many telephone lines by the French Resistance , left them unable to assess the picture with any accuracy . The confusion was only to be expected for even by the end of PROBLEMS , UNDERSTANDING AND DECISION - MAKING 7.
... many telephone lines by the French Resistance , left them unable to assess the picture with any accuracy . The confusion was only to be expected for even by the end of PROBLEMS , UNDERSTANDING AND DECISION - MAKING 7.
Page 33
... French troops at Dunkirk , and a huge quantity of small arms , had mysteriously disap- peared.48 The contrast between the mass evacuation and the first return raid was completed when , on the latter's return , one group of comman- dos ...
... French troops at Dunkirk , and a huge quantity of small arms , had mysteriously disap- peared.48 The contrast between the mass evacuation and the first return raid was completed when , on the latter's return , one group of comman- dos ...
Page 39
... French , Belgian or Dutch coast within around 150 miles . Finally , the area had to be easily isolated from counter - attack and reinforcements . That meant using some form of natural barrier to inhibit German troop and armour movement ...
... French , Belgian or Dutch coast within around 150 miles . Finally , the area had to be easily isolated from counter - attack and reinforcements . That meant using some form of natural barrier to inhibit German troop and armour movement ...
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... French colonial territories in North Africa was a preferable option to an imme- diate landing on the French mainland and thus was born ' Operation Torch ' . Brigadier - General Dwight D. Eisenhower was chosen to direct the Torch ...
... French colonial territories in North Africa was a preferable option to an imme- diate landing on the French mainland and thus was born ' Operation Torch ' . Brigadier - General Dwight D. Eisenhower was chosen to direct the Torch ...
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... French coast . Planning Overlord was Tame in the sense that there was a science to it and routine processes already existed , but it was hardly a routine oper- ation : it required plans to move a city the equivalent of Birmingham in the ...
... French coast . Planning Overlord was Tame in the sense that there was a science to it and routine processes already existed , but it was hardly a routine oper- ation : it required plans to move a city the equivalent of Birmingham in the ...
Contents
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Part Five Retrospective | 416 |
Notes | 429 |
Bibliography | 484 |
Index | 493 |
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