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 121
... four kinds : • Heavy coastal defence anti - ship batteries composed of about four 122-155 mm guns in reinforced concrete housings up to two metres thick and directed by forward observation positions • Casemated ( armoured compartment ) ...
... four kinds : • Heavy coastal defence anti - ship batteries composed of about four 122-155 mm guns in reinforced concrete housings up to two metres thick and directed by forward observation positions • Casemated ( armoured compartment ) ...
Page 388
... four and three of these were hit by gunfire . The remain- ing DUKW , with Captain Shuford on board , was prevented ... four first wave companies ( A , F , G and E ) set off in a line 11⁄2 miles long , led by the LCTs carrying the 741st ...
... four and three of these were hit by gunfire . The remain- ing DUKW , with Captain Shuford on board , was prevented ... four first wave companies ( A , F , G and E ) set off in a line 11⁄2 miles long , led by the LCTs carrying the 741st ...
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... four regiments and each regiment comprised three or sometimes four battalions and various assorted companies ( HQ , anti - tank , cannon and service ) . Each battalion was made up of three or four rifle companies and a heavy weapons ...
... four regiments and each regiment comprised three or sometimes four battalions and various assorted companies ( HQ , anti - tank , cannon and service ) . Each battalion was made up of three or four rifle companies and a heavy weapons ...
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