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 174
... Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) existed in 1926 and by September 1939 the ISTDC had already established the standard format for the Landing Craft Assault ( LCA ) for carrying 35 soldiers and four crew members ; subsequently updated ...
... Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) existed in 1926 and by September 1939 the ISTDC had already established the standard format for the Landing Craft Assault ( LCA ) for carrying 35 soldiers and four crew members ; subsequently updated ...
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... landing craft were diverted there : on 1 May 1944 only 2,493 of the 31,123 existing US landing craft were destined for Overlord.87 Eventually , General Marshall intervened to force Admiral King to release some of the landing craft being ...
... landing craft were diverted there : on 1 May 1944 only 2,493 of the 31,123 existing US landing craft were destined for Overlord.87 Eventually , General Marshall intervened to force Admiral King to release some of the landing craft being ...
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... ( Landing Craft Medium ) were next in order of size , followed by 1,089 LCVPs ( Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel [ Higgins Boat ] ) , with some armour plating on the British version - the LCA ( Landing Craft , Assault ) – after the ...
... ( Landing Craft Medium ) were next in order of size , followed by 1,089 LCVPs ( Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel [ Higgins Boat ] ) , with some armour plating on the British version - the LCA ( Landing Craft , Assault ) – after 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