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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... Japan first in the Pacific . 17 The ' Germany First ' strategy was not a new idea because a ' Europe First ' strategy ... Japanese and the German enemies should not simply be seen in the military short term - there was also a long term ...
... Japan first in the Pacific . 17 The ' Germany First ' strategy was not a new idea because a ' Europe First ' strategy ... Japanese and the German enemies should not simply be seen in the military short term - there was also a long term ...
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... Japanese was still proving extremely costly by US standards : the 72 hour battle for Tarawa in November 1943 for example , cost 3,319 US casualties , while only 146 of the 4,700 Japanese troops and Korean labourers ( including 129 ...
... Japanese was still proving extremely costly by US standards : the 72 hour battle for Tarawa in November 1943 for example , cost 3,319 US casualties , while only 146 of the 4,700 Japanese troops and Korean labourers ( including 129 ...
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... Japanese guns out of action , allowing the Amtracs to move through the sea wall . Eventually , after three days of fighting , the defend- ers were overcome . Only 146 of the 4,700 survived ( including just 17 Japanese ) . Of the 12,000 ...
... Japanese guns out of action , allowing the Amtracs to move through the sea wall . Eventually , after three days of fighting , the defend- ers were overcome . Only 146 of the 4,700 survived ( including just 17 Japanese ) . Of the 12,000 ...
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