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 68
... effect of civilian casualties , the Chief of the Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal Tedder , proposed a test raid on Trappes , west of Paris , which took place on the evening of 6 March . The rail centre was inoperative for a month ...
... effect of civilian casualties , the Chief of the Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal Tedder , proposed a test raid on Trappes , west of Paris , which took place on the evening of 6 March . The rail centre was inoperative for a month ...
Page 96
... effect upon the course of victory.66 - On 29 July Garbo was awarded the Iron Cross by a grateful Hitler , and subsequently with an MBE by the British ! He was the only individ- ual to be decorated by both sides.67 Garbo is a perfect ...
... effect upon the course of victory.66 - On 29 July Garbo was awarded the Iron Cross by a grateful Hitler , and subsequently with an MBE by the British ! He was the only individ- ual to be decorated by both sides.67 Garbo is a perfect ...
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... effect 282 Dunkirk effect 280 Montgomery's influence 283 Report by the Select Committee on National Expenditure 280 , 282 Firefly ( Sherman M41AC ) 282-3 ' funnies ' 267-71 , 382 AVRE ( Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers ) 270 , 273 , 356 ...
... effect 282 Dunkirk effect 280 Montgomery's influence 283 Report by the Select Committee on National Expenditure 280 , 282 Firefly ( Sherman M41AC ) 282-3 ' funnies ' 267-71 , 382 AVRE ( Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers ) 270 , 273 , 356 ...
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