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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... convoy ( each force had around 12 separate convoys divided into three or four sections ) had left Salcombe at 1653 the previous day and had accumulated 138 ships in the course of its journey , including 128 LCTs . Four hours after the ...
... convoy ( each force had around 12 separate convoys divided into three or four sections ) had left Salcombe at 1653 the previous day and had accumulated 138 ships in the course of its journey , including 128 LCTs . Four hours after the ...
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... convoys were moving . Eisenhower went back to his trailer to sleep but was awoken at 0330 by the buffeting of the wind . The planned 0400 meeting to consider recalling or confirming the invasion began at 0415 - just as the rain and wind ...
... convoys were moving . Eisenhower went back to his trailer to sleep but was awoken at 0330 by the buffeting of the wind . The planned 0400 meeting to consider recalling or confirming the invasion began at 0415 - just as the rain and wind ...
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... convoy protection through the Channel . As Montgomery wrote to Brooke : Half our corps and divisional commanders are totally unfit for their appointments . If I were to sack them , I could find no better ! They lack character , drive ...
... convoy protection through the Channel . As Montgomery wrote to Brooke : Half our corps and divisional commanders are totally unfit for their appointments . If I were to sack them , I could find no better ! They lack character , drive ...
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