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 173
... developed after Dunkirk had asserted that change was afoot and that while the strategy would remain in the hands of the senior officers , the tactics could be developed by whoever was responsible on the ground . In effect , as the ...
... developed after Dunkirk had asserted that change was afoot and that while the strategy would remain in the hands of the senior officers , the tactics could be developed by whoever was responsible on the ground . In effect , as the ...
Page 271
... developed a ' Bobbin ' tank which unravelled a long strip of canvas for it and subsequent vehicles to travel over soft sand . A tank was even developed specifically for night - fighting . Code named a CDL ( Canal Defence Light ) , the ...
... developed a ' Bobbin ' tank which unravelled a long strip of canvas for it and subsequent vehicles to travel over soft sand . A tank was even developed specifically for night - fighting . Code named a CDL ( Canal Defence Light ) , the ...
Page 308
... developed and the military stepped in to prevent another Dunkirk . - - It is also worth pointing out the desire of many subordinates to fight for commanders - at any level - whom they regarded as being able to maximize their chances of ...
... developed and the military stepped in to prevent another Dunkirk . - - It is also worth pointing out the desire of many subordinates to fight for commanders - at any level - whom they regarded as being able to maximize their chances of ...
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