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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... armoured , 34 infantry and 2 airborne . Only 11 divisions ( 2 armoured and 9 infantry ) were not called into action ... division - arrived in May 1940 , and was disembarking on 21 May , just in time to leave almost all its armour at Dunkirk .
... armoured , 34 infantry and 2 airborne . Only 11 divisions ( 2 armoured and 9 infantry ) were not called into action ... division - arrived in May 1940 , and was disembarking on 21 May , just in time to leave almost all its armour at Dunkirk .
Page 494
... Armoured Division 317 2nd Armoured Division 294 3rd Armoured Division 147 , 246 , 290 , 294 , 326 121st Combat Engineer Battalion 406 146th Combat Engineer Battalion 405 1st Infantry Division 47 , 137 , 204 , 254 , 312 , 383-4 16th RCT ...
... Armoured Division 317 2nd Armoured Division 294 3rd Armoured Division 147 , 246 , 290 , 294 , 326 121st Combat Engineer Battalion 406 146th Combat Engineer Battalion 405 1st Infantry Division 47 , 137 , 204 , 254 , 312 , 383-4 16th RCT ...
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... Armoured Division 268 Commandos 33 No. 3 Commando 342 No. 4 Commando 48 , 143 , 326 No. 10 Commando ( Inter - Allied ) ... Division 48 , 96 , 111 , 135 , 360-6 8th Infantry Brigade 48 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment 143 , 366-7 2nd ...
... Armoured Division 268 Commandos 33 No. 3 Commando 342 No. 4 Commando 48 , 143 , 326 No. 10 Commando ( Inter - Allied ) ... Division 48 , 96 , 111 , 135 , 360-6 8th Infantry Brigade 48 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment 143 , 366-7 2nd ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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29th Division Airborne Division aircraft Allied American Armoured Division artillery attack Badsey Balkoski Battalion battery battle bluffs bombardment bombers bombing Botting Bradley Brigade Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Churchill combat commanders Company Corps counter-attack D-Day DD tanks defenders destroyed destroyers DUKWs Eiler Eisenhower enemy fighter fighting fire forces France French glider Gold Beach Hitler Infantry Division invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed landing craft LCTs leadership Linderman London Luftwaffe machine guns miles military Montgomery move naval Neillands Normandy Normann officers Omaha Beach Operation Ouistreham Panzer Division paratroopers Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Quoted in Ambrose Quoted in Blandford Quoted in Collier Quoted in Delaforce Quoted in Kilvert-Jones Quoted in Linderman Rangers Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt Ryan Sergeant shells Sherman ships soldiers St Lô strategy suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles Wehrmacht Wicked Problem