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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... destroyers . This force was eventually increased by a further two battleships ( ex - World War 1 ) and 14 destroyers.87 Given the significance of the latter in opening up Omaha Beach this was probably a critical addition . The second ...
... destroyers . This force was eventually increased by a further two battleships ( ex - World War 1 ) and 14 destroyers.87 Given the significance of the latter in opening up Omaha Beach this was probably a critical addition . The second ...
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... destroyers . As General McNair ( the arch - proponent of tank - destroyers ) wrote to Marshall in November 1943 to decry the utility of the alternative T26 Pershing tank that was a match for the Panthers and Tigers : ' There can be no ...
... destroyers . As General McNair ( the arch - proponent of tank - destroyers ) wrote to Marshall in November 1943 to decry the utility of the alternative T26 Pershing tank that was a match for the Panthers and Tigers : ' There can be no ...
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... destroyer captains that the situation on the beaches was intolerable . The destroyers began shelling identifiable targets and were then ordered by Captain Sanders , commander of the destroyer group on the USS Frankford , to move closer ...
... destroyer captains that the situation on the beaches was intolerable . The destroyers began shelling identifiable targets and were then ordered by Captain Sanders , commander of the destroyer group on the USS Frankford , to move closer ...
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