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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Page 8
... Regimental Combat Teams ( RCTs ) suffering 25 per cent . Some 70 per cent of these would , they assumed , be wounded ... regiments taking 15 per cent ( Hall , 1994 : 138 ) . Casualty figures are notoriously unreliable : there are no ...
... Regimental Combat Teams ( RCTs ) suffering 25 per cent . Some 70 per cent of these would , they assumed , be wounded ... regiments taking 15 per cent ( Hall , 1994 : 138 ) . Casualty figures are notoriously unreliable : there are no ...
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... regiment of 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 ...
... regiment of 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 ...
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... Regiment of Canada , captured and interrogated by the Germans at Dieppe , was equally uncer- tain . His interrogator said to him , ' Look , McCool , it was too big for a raid and too small for an invasion . What is it ? ' To which ...
... Regiment of Canada , captured and interrogated by the Germans at Dieppe , was equally uncer- tain . His interrogator said to him , ' Look , McCool , it was too big for a raid and too small for an invasion . What is it ? ' To which ...
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... Regiment of Canada , and naval officers with drawn pistols forced the second waves out of the landing craft to certain death . The troops had nowhere to hide - they could not climb the 12- foot sea wall and there was no cover . At 0800 ...
... Regiment of Canada , and naval officers with drawn pistols forced the second waves out of the landing craft to certain death . The troops had nowhere to hide - they could not climb the 12- foot sea wall and there was no cover . At 0800 ...
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... Regimental Combat Teams ( RCTs ) were deployed , three American , three British and two Canadian , as follows : Utah Area - 4th US Division : Initial assaults by : 1st Battalion 8th Infantry on Tare Green 2nd Battalion , 8th Infantry on ...
... Regimental Combat Teams ( RCTs ) were deployed , three American , three British and two Canadian , as follows : Utah Area - 4th US Division : Initial assaults by : 1st Battalion 8th Infantry on Tare Green 2nd Battalion , 8th Infantry on ...
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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