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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... defenders but this deterministic approach ignores the fact that the defenders moved half their ammunition back to ' places of safety ' just before the invasion and could not get access to it once the onslaught had begun . - In effect ...
... defenders but this deterministic approach ignores the fact that the defenders moved half their ammunition back to ' places of safety ' just before the invasion and could not get access to it once the onslaught had begun . - In effect ...
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... defender and it might seem that only the ability to win a bloody battle of attrition ensured a victory for the invaders - though events on Omaha suggested otherwise . Furthermore , for all the information made available for the assault ...
... defender and it might seem that only the ability to win a bloody battle of attrition ensured a victory for the invaders - though events on Omaha suggested otherwise . Furthermore , for all the information made available for the assault ...
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... defenders behind the beaches . And even when the Allies correctly identified their enemies they almost always underestimated the skill and tenacity with which these enemies held their ground or counter - attacked when their ground was ...
... defenders behind the beaches . And even when the Allies correctly identified their enemies they almost always underestimated the skill and tenacity with which these enemies held their ground or counter - attacked when their ground was ...
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... defenders was a problem . — The raid was to last for nine hours only , involving five hours ashore and four hours for the withdrawal . Some 10,000 troops and 100 Churchill tanks were to be involved in this operation , originally code ...
... defenders was a problem . — The raid was to last for nine hours only , involving five hours ashore and four hours for the withdrawal . Some 10,000 troops and 100 Churchill tanks were to be involved in this operation , originally code ...
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... defenders , blowing up the six 150mm gun battery and re - embarking on time with the four remaining German prisoners . Lovat was deeply unimpressed with the planners and considered the raid ' a disaster ... the 36 LEADERSHIP AND WICKED ...
... defenders , blowing up the six 150mm gun battery and re - embarking on time with the four remaining German prisoners . Lovat was deeply unimpressed with the planners and considered the raid ' a disaster ... the 36 LEADERSHIP AND WICKED ...
Contents
19 | |
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