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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... shot down by the Luftwaffe though 113 were shot down by anti - aircraft fire . If the light was good the bombing was due to stop five minutes before the first 6 LEADERSHIP , MANAGEMENT AND COMMAND AT D - DAY.
... shot down by the Luftwaffe though 113 were shot down by anti - aircraft fire . If the light was good the bombing was due to stop five minutes before the first 6 LEADERSHIP , MANAGEMENT AND COMMAND AT D - DAY.
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... shot by US forces by mistake . Second , many of the British 1st Airborne's gliders were lost in the sea as they were cast off too early by their tow planes . Several DUKWs also proved themselves unseaworthy in any kind of swell - as ...
... shot by US forces by mistake . Second , many of the British 1st Airborne's gliders were lost in the sea as they were cast off too early by their tow planes . Several DUKWs also proved themselves unseaworthy in any kind of swell - as ...
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... shot their German prisoners to lighten the load . By 1220 the last evacuees were taken on board and just over an hour later the sorry convoy headed back to Newhaven on the English south coast . Though the raid was an unmitigated ...
... shot their German prisoners to lighten the load . By 1220 the last evacuees were taken on board and just over an hour later the sorry convoy headed back to Newhaven on the English south coast . Though the raid was an unmitigated ...
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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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