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 25
... Chief Marshal Tedder from Italy as his air controller Churchill baulked at losing both Commanding Officers ( COS ) from the Italian theatre . With Brooke also lobbying against Alexander ( whom he regarded as inadequately strategic in ...
... Chief Marshal Tedder from Italy as his air controller Churchill baulked at losing both Commanding Officers ( COS ) from the Italian theatre . With Brooke also lobbying against Alexander ( whom he regarded as inadequately strategic in ...
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... Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander ( COSSAC ) to plan the full scale invasion of France – ' Operation Overlord ' - but his introduction to the problem could hardly have been more Wicked . General Alan Brooke handed Morgan ...
... Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander ( COSSAC ) to plan the full scale invasion of France – ' Operation Overlord ' - but his introduction to the problem could hardly have been more Wicked . General Alan Brooke handed Morgan ...
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... Chief of the Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal Tedder , proposed a test raid on Trappes , west of Paris , which took place on the evening of 6 March . The rail centre was inoperative for a month afterwards but the raid on Le Mans on 7 March ...
... Chief of the Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal Tedder , proposed a test raid on Trappes , west of Paris , which took place on the evening of 6 March . The rail centre was inoperative for a month afterwards but the raid on Le Mans on 7 March ...
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