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 tanks facing US and UK forces , 15 June - 25 July 1944 10.1 Distribution of German Divisions , 1944 16 58 107 139 141 145 235 Maps 6.1 Arromanches Artificial Port ( Mulberry B ) 136 6.2 Development of the lodgment : 21st Army ...
... German tanks facing US and UK forces , 15 June - 25 July 1944 10.1 Distribution of German Divisions , 1944 16 58 107 139 141 145 235 Maps 6.1 Arromanches Artificial Port ( Mulberry B ) 136 6.2 Development of the lodgment : 21st Army ...
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... German ; but one cannot say that of events on the battle field . There the German soldiers and their troop ... tanks in particular is a case in point . Out of water the Shermans were no match for German tanks and in water the DDs could ...
... German ; but one cannot say that of events on the battle field . There the German soldiers and their troop ... tanks in particular is a case in point . Out of water the Shermans were no match for German tanks and in water the DDs could ...
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... tanks and lorries was no guarantee of success . 2.3 When ? The second problem was : when should the invasion occur ... German troops and reducing the German resistance by whatever other means were available.36 The consequence was not ...
... tanks and lorries was no guarantee of success . 2.3 When ? The second problem was : when should the invasion occur ... German troops and reducing the German resistance by whatever other means were available.36 The consequence was not ...
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... tanks to assault the beaches around Dieppe itself . They were to move through the town , capture the port intact , and destroy the German airfield at St Aubin and the radar station at Pourville , before returning to the port to embark ...
... tanks to assault the beaches around Dieppe itself . They were to move through the town , capture the port intact , and destroy the German airfield at St Aubin and the radar station at Pourville , before returning to the port to embark ...
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... German prisoners to lighten the load . By 1220 the last evacuees were taken ... tanks that embarked only 27 reached the beach and none could negotiate ... German casualties were inflicted with 297 of these dead . It was , as the Vichy ...
... German prisoners to lighten the load . By 1220 the last evacuees were taken ... tanks that embarked only 27 reached the beach and none could negotiate ... German casualties were inflicted with 297 of these dead . It was , as the Vichy ...
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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