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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 77
Page 62
... aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 aircraft available by May 1944.8 In January 1944 the Germans lost 1,311 aircraft ; by February the monthly loss was running at 2,121 and this included ...
... aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 aircraft available by May 1944.8 In January 1944 the Germans lost 1,311 aircraft ; by February the monthly loss was running at 2,121 and this included ...
Page 63
... aircraft batter- ies and radar facilities ) . 18 As the Allied air crews shot the Luftwaffe out of the sky in the day time , Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command main- tained its nightly assaults upon German areas ...
... aircraft batter- ies and radar facilities ) . 18 As the Allied air crews shot the Luftwaffe out of the sky in the day time , Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command main- tained its nightly assaults upon German areas ...
Page 78
... aircraft were controlled from the Combined Control Centre at Uxbridge and thence through three Fighter Direction Tenders operated just off the Normandy coast.89 The naval gunfire spotting aircraft ( two squadrons of Spitfires and six ...
... aircraft were controlled from the Combined Control Centre at Uxbridge and thence through three Fighter Direction Tenders operated just off the Normandy coast.89 The naval gunfire spotting aircraft ( two squadrons of Spitfires and six ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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