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 103
... Atlantic Wall from Le Havre to Cherbourg , Duchez passed the map to Maurice Himbert , a motorcycle repairer with official permission to visit Paris to purchase spare parts . As Himbert rode to Paris , Renault travelled there to pick up ...
... Atlantic Wall from Le Havre to Cherbourg , Duchez passed the map to Maurice Himbert , a motorcycle repairer with official permission to visit Paris to purchase spare parts . As Himbert rode to Paris , Renault travelled there to pick up ...
Page 118
... Atlantic Wall ' , but in practice the possibilities were much narrower . Nevertheless , in December 1941 Hitler ordered ' the construction of a new West Wall to assure protection . of the Arctic , North Sea and Atlantic coasts ...
... Atlantic Wall ' , but in practice the possibilities were much narrower . Nevertheless , in December 1941 Hitler ordered ' the construction of a new West Wall to assure protection . of the Arctic , North Sea and Atlantic coasts ...
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... Atlantic Wall , part of the fortress Europe mentality , merely buttressed this approach . The result was that the effort to break through the initial defences of the hard shell was much more difficult than assumed , for the Allies ...
... Atlantic Wall , part of the fortress Europe mentality , merely buttressed this approach . The result was that the effort to break through the initial defences of the hard shell was much more difficult than assumed , for the Allies ...
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