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 6
... Luftwaffe was 99 per cent.8 Between January 1944 and D - Day the Luftwaffe lost 6,259 planes in combat and roughly half that number in non - combat accidents . From an average force of 2,283 , the deaths in that six months amounted to ...
... Luftwaffe was 99 per cent.8 Between January 1944 and D - Day the Luftwaffe lost 6,259 planes in combat and roughly half that number in non - combat accidents . From an average force of 2,283 , the deaths in that six months amounted to ...
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... Luftwaffe was so short of oil that it prohibited all flights except those undertaken by fighter aircraft against ... Luftwaffe . This also explains his support for electronic technology that would facilitate daylight bombing under poor ...
... Luftwaffe was so short of oil that it prohibited all flights except those undertaken by fighter aircraft against ... Luftwaffe . This also explains his support for electronic technology that would facilitate daylight bombing under poor ...
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... Luftwaffe . This was not in terms of destroying the capac- ity to build aircraft , because the original 27 major factories had already been redistributed into 729 smaller construction units , and in 1944 alone the Germans managed to ...
... Luftwaffe . This was not in terms of destroying the capac- ity to build aircraft , because the original 27 major factories had already been redistributed into 729 smaller construction units , and in 1944 alone the Germans managed to ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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