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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... German army at Dunkirk operated as a ' Hinge Factor ' , that would have altered – nay determined - the course of the war.4 Tsouras has a few more variables to change but the consequence is equally determined by these small changes : Germany ...
... German army at Dunkirk operated as a ' Hinge Factor ' , that would have altered – nay determined - the course of the war.4 Tsouras has a few more variables to change but the consequence is equally determined by these small changes : Germany ...
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... Germans had allowed it to unfold . For Field Marshal Slim the issue was closely related to the metaphorical clock : ... • A Clock is like an army There's a main spring , that's the Army Commander , who makes it all go ; then there are ...
... Germans had allowed it to unfold . For Field Marshal Slim the issue was closely related to the metaphorical clock : ... • A Clock is like an army There's a main spring , that's the Army Commander , who makes it all go ; then there are ...
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... German leadership were not rescued by the more junior leaders - even though ... German side were generally able but usually unwilling to do the same for their ... army were gradually worn away by the Allies ' superior matériel.2 25 My ...
... German leadership were not rescued by the more junior leaders - even though ... German side were generally able but usually unwilling to do the same for their ... army were gradually worn away by the Allies ' superior matériel.2 25 My ...
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... German reinforcements or to fight with the Red Army on the eastern front.44 Churchill , however , wanted to delay as long as possible , primarily because it would take time to assemble the necessary troops and their associated war ...
... German reinforcements or to fight with the Red Army on the eastern front.44 Churchill , however , wanted to delay as long as possible , primarily because it would take time to assemble the necessary troops and their associated war ...
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... Germans to maintain 300,000 troops in Norway when they could have been ... German battleship the Tirpitz . The subsequent explosion put the dry - dock ... Army staff , in particular , was certain that the USSR would be defeated by ...
... Germans to maintain 300,000 troops in Norway when they could have been ... German battleship the Tirpitz . The subsequent explosion put the dry - dock ... Army staff , in particular , was certain that the USSR would be defeated by ...
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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