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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... Vichy French forces . One consequence of the British concern to avoid a head - on clash with Germany , and to weaken German forces elsewhere before attempting a landing in France , was that the Americans still doubted whether the ...
... Vichy French forces . One consequence of the British concern to avoid a head - on clash with Germany , and to weaken German forces elsewhere before attempting a landing in France , was that the Americans still doubted whether the ...
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... Vichy government passed a forced - labour law , requiring all French men of mobilizable age to work for the Germans . Many men refused and some , especially in the unoccupied area of south- ern France , took to the countryside and ...
... Vichy government passed a forced - labour law , requiring all French men of mobilizable age to work for the Germans . Many men refused and some , especially in the unoccupied area of south- ern France , took to the countryside and ...
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... Vichy Government 101 Vierville - sur - Mer 141 , 381 , 389 , 394 , 405 Villers - Bocage 100 Villiers - Fossard 147 ' friendly fire ' 200-1 Sword Beach 65 Gale , Richard N. 326 Galland , Adolf 88 Gavin , James 328-9 , 331 Gerhardt ...
... Vichy Government 101 Vierville - sur - Mer 141 , 381 , 389 , 394 , 405 Villers - Bocage 100 Villiers - Fossard 147 ' friendly fire ' 200-1 Sword Beach 65 Gale , Richard N. 326 Galland , Adolf 88 Gavin , James 328-9 , 331 Gerhardt ...
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