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 128
... counter - attacks problematic . Indeed , Copp ( 2006 ) argues that the mechanical nature of German responses to lost ground - an immedi- ate counter - attack - demonstrates how little German tactical thought developed in Normandy ...
... counter - attacks problematic . Indeed , Copp ( 2006 ) argues that the mechanical nature of German responses to lost ground - an immedi- ate counter - attack - demonstrates how little German tactical thought developed in Normandy ...
Page 130
... attack inland , where German tank superiority would deliver a knockout counter punch to the Allies . After all , the ... counterattack at the moment when the first fury of the offensive has spent its force'.55 Von Rundstedt and Geyr von ...
... attack inland , where German tank superiority would deliver a knockout counter punch to the Allies . After all , the ... counterattack at the moment when the first fury of the offensive has spent its force'.55 Von Rundstedt and Geyr von ...
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... counter - attack of D - Day but the expected German counter - attack in force never came . The Panzer groups were either too far away to intervene , or held back for the ' real ' invasion at the Pas - de- Calais , or immobilized by the ...
... counter - attack of D - Day but the expected German counter - attack in force never came . The Panzer groups were either too far away to intervene , or held back for the ' real ' invasion at the Pas - de- Calais , or immobilized by 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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