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 52
... Caen early on as German armour raced to defend it , and the delay under- mined the initial momentum of the invasion , a delay which was eventu- ally ended by an American breakout , Operation Cobra , in the West under Bradley who assumed ...
... Caen early on as German armour raced to defend it , and the delay under- mined the initial momentum of the invasion , a delay which was eventu- ally ended by an American breakout , Operation Cobra , in the West under Bradley who assumed ...
Page 366
... Caen , they were almost out of fuel and had been attacked many times by Allied fighter - bombers . The 5th SS Artillery of the division , for instance , lost three of its 15 howitzers on the journey . Worse was to follow for those ...
... Caen , they were almost out of fuel and had been attacked many times by Allied fighter - bombers . The 5th SS Artillery of the division , for instance , lost three of its 15 howitzers on the journey . Worse was to follow for those ...
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... Caen and it may be significant that this Division had no experience of a sea - borne assault.83 Belchem , for one , blames the officer corps , but not the troops , for the limited success on this front , and Lovat had little time for ...
... Caen and it may be significant that this Division had no experience of a sea - borne assault.83 Belchem , for one , blames the officer corps , but not the troops , for the limited success on this front , and Lovat had little time for ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Copyright | |
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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