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 89
... already suggested not just that Normandy was a good invasion spot but that paratroop drops - in precisely the spot where the 82nd and 101st Airborne were due to land - would be the best way of occupying critical points.35 But although ...
... already suggested not just that Normandy was a good invasion spot but that paratroop drops - in precisely the spot where the 82nd and 101st Airborne were due to land - would be the best way of occupying critical points.35 But although ...
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... already been declared unbreachable by Admiral Krancke , the naval commander in the west , with the possible exception of the area that was to mark Omaha Beach - though the steep bluffs and poor access for vehicles made it an unlikely ...
... already been declared unbreachable by Admiral Krancke , the naval commander in the west , with the possible exception of the area that was to mark Omaha Beach - though the steep bluffs and poor access for vehicles made it an unlikely ...
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... already reached the same conclu- sion , admitting that : ' I am not sure that speed is the supreme require- ment of tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , the ...
... already reached the same conclu- sion , admitting that : ' I am not sure that speed is the supreme require- ment of tanks , certainly not of all tanks . Armour and gun power decide the matter whenever tank meets tank'.69 However , 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