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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... Wehrmacht , the SS were simul- taneously feared and loathed by most Allied troops . The SS were under the Wehrmacht for operational matters but were not under the latter's disciplinary system , being responsible directly and only to ...
... Wehrmacht , the SS were simul- taneously feared and loathed by most Allied troops . The SS were under the Wehrmacht for operational matters but were not under the latter's disciplinary system , being responsible directly and only to ...
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... Wehrmacht units minimized distinctions between enlisted men and officers - unlike the American and British armies in particular . In the Wehrmacht everyone was encouraged to salute everyone else , irrespective of rank - in sharp ...
... Wehrmacht units minimized distinctions between enlisted men and officers - unlike the American and British armies in particular . In the Wehrmacht everyone was encouraged to salute everyone else , irrespective of rank - in sharp ...
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... Wehrmacht soldiers – at least until their close colleagues had been killed or maimed in action against them . - Förster suggests that the motivational commitment that did prevail amongst most Wehrmacht soldiers stemmed initially from ...
... Wehrmacht soldiers – at least until their close colleagues had been killed or maimed in action against them . - Förster suggests that the motivational commitment that did prevail amongst most Wehrmacht soldiers stemmed initially from ...
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