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 62
... front , 1,771 on the eastern front , and 1,115 on the southern front . That suggested a huge loss over the year given that at least 25,000 German aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 ...
... front , 1,771 on the eastern front , and 1,115 on the southern front . That suggested a huge loss over the year given that at least 25,000 German aircraft had been produced in that year . In contrast , the Western Allies had 8,351 ...
Page 168
... front too , as officers learned that survival was preferable to status.56 American army combat officers often removed collar insignia and the stripes on the front of their helmet - which had proved so useful to enemy snipers - but they ...
... front too , as officers learned that survival was preferable to status.56 American army combat officers often removed collar insignia and the stripes on the front of their helmet - which had proved so useful to enemy snipers - but they ...
Page 308
... front , yelling and cursing , waving his Tommy gun , and shooting and coshing everyone in sight . I heard other squaddies say : " I wish I could get in Smudger's section . He's a useful bloke and would look after you " ' . 5 In the ...
... front , yelling and cursing , waving his Tommy gun , and shooting and coshing everyone in sight . I heard other squaddies say : " I wish I could get in Smudger's section . He's a useful bloke and would look after you " ' . 5 In the ...
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