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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... felt rela- tively secure in the Pacific as the only significant Allied power that would inherit the post - war situation . But the European dimension was much more complex . Assuming the Allies won , the US WESTERN ALLIED STRATEGY ...
... felt rela- tively secure in the Pacific as the only significant Allied power that would inherit the post - war situation . But the European dimension was much more complex . Assuming the Allies won , the US WESTERN ALLIED STRATEGY ...
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... felt that as a commander , I had no other choice ... I felt compelled to employ the best troops I had , to mini- mize the risk and hoist the odds in our favour in any way that I could ' . That responsibility was probably made a little ...
... felt that as a commander , I had no other choice ... I felt compelled to employ the best troops I had , to mini- mize the risk and hoist the odds in our favour in any way that I could ' . That responsibility was probably made a little ...
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... felt no compassion at all ; my one thought now was for retribution . I felt that as a Brengunner I had a special job to do ; that was to reach one's objective as quick as possible , dig in and be in a position to defend against counter ...
... felt no compassion at all ; my one thought now was for retribution . I felt that as a Brengunner I had a special job to do ; that was to reach one's objective as quick as possible , dig in and be in a position to defend against counter ...
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