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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... Wehrmacht and the SS 10 Managing Logistics : ' Bag , vomit , one . ' 11 Technologies Part Four Commanding in Crises 12 Commanding 13 The Airborne Assaults 14 The Amphibious Landings Part Five Retrospective 15 Post - D - Day Notes ...
... Wehrmacht and the SS 10 Managing Logistics : ' Bag , vomit , one . ' 11 Technologies Part Four Commanding in Crises 12 Commanding 13 The Airborne Assaults 14 The Amphibious Landings Part Five Retrospective 15 Post - D - Day Notes ...
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... Wehrmacht was best summed up by Eisenhower in a letter to his son Elliott : ' the way to kill the most Germans with the least loss of American soldiers is to slam them with everything we've got ' . ' Where the British saw calculated ...
... Wehrmacht was best summed up by Eisenhower in a letter to his son Elliott : ' the way to kill the most Germans with the least loss of American soldiers is to slam them with everything we've got ' . ' Where the British saw calculated ...
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... Wehrmacht from bringing reserves to the landing area , and ( 3 ) solving the problem of re - supply . However , with a not so subtle trick of the hand Brooke then concluded that the only answer was the obvious one – attack through Italy ...
... Wehrmacht from bringing reserves to the landing area , and ( 3 ) solving the problem of re - supply . However , with a not so subtle trick of the hand Brooke then concluded that the only answer was the obvious one – attack through Italy ...
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... Unfortunately no - one on the Allied side seemed to have learned from the Anzio landings , or indeed the invasion of Italy as a whole , that the Wehrmacht simply did not operate on the same form of 42 LEADERSHIP AND WICKED PROBLEMS.
... Unfortunately no - one on the Allied side seemed to have learned from the Anzio landings , or indeed the invasion of Italy as a whole , that the Wehrmacht simply did not operate on the same form of 42 LEADERSHIP AND WICKED PROBLEMS.
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Rethinking D-Day K. Grint. Wehrmacht simply did not operate on the same form of military rational- ity that pervaded the Allied side : when the going got tough the Germans did not retreat , they simply got tougher . Partly as a ...
Rethinking D-Day K. Grint. Wehrmacht simply did not operate on the same form of military rational- ity that pervaded the Allied side : when the going got tough the Germans did not retreat , they simply got tougher . Partly as a ...
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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12th SS 29th Division Airborne Division aircraft Allied American amphibious Anglo-Canadian Armoured Division artillery attack Badsey Balkoski Battalion battery battle bombardment bombers bombing Bradley Britain British Army Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Cherbourg Churchill coast combat commanders Company Corps counter-attack D-Day DD tanks defenders Delaforce destroyed destroyers DUKWs E-boats Eisenhower enemy fighter fighting fire France French German army glider Gold Beach Hitler Infantry Division invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed Kilvert-Jones landing craft LCTs LCVPs leaders leadership Linderman Luftwaffe machine guns managed miles military million Montgomery move naval Navy Neillands Normandy Normann officers Omaha Beach Operation Overlord Panzer Division paratroopers Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Ramsey Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt Sergeant shells Sherman ships shot soldiers Soviet squadrons St Lô strategy success suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles weapons Wehrmacht Wicked Problem