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 123
... Rommel's asparagus ' as it became known ) . But two months later , in March 1944 , Rommel's report on the defences remained pessimistic : ' Our defence line , thin as it is at present , will suffer severely from the enemy bombing and ...
... Rommel's asparagus ' as it became known ) . But two months later , in March 1944 , Rommel's report on the defences remained pessimistic : ' Our defence line , thin as it is at present , will suffer severely from the enemy bombing and ...
Page 128
... Rommel tried to persuade Goering to move the 88mm guns of the 3rd Flak Corps closer to the beaches but - fortunately for the Allies he failed . The division , nay the confusion , of command reached absurd levels in some areas , for ...
... Rommel tried to persuade Goering to move the 88mm guns of the 3rd Flak Corps closer to the beaches but - fortunately for the Allies he failed . The division , nay the confusion , of command reached absurd levels in some areas , for ...
Page 129
... Rommel's strategy would be rooted in a hard shell style . Montgomery accepted his Chief Intelligence Officer's ( Brigadier Williams ) assessment that Rommel would try to hold the Allies on the beachhead for ' he is too impulsive for the ...
... Rommel's strategy would be rooted in a hard shell style . Montgomery accepted his Chief Intelligence Officer's ( Brigadier Williams ) assessment that Rommel would try to hold the Allies on the beachhead for ' he is too impulsive for the ...
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