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 343
... move in any concerted manner until Feuchtinger agreed , and Feuchtinger was absent and had forgotten to take a radio with him . Dollman ( CO of the 7th Army ) was also missing - at the war game in Rennes . Even when Feuchtinger returned ...
... move in any concerted manner until Feuchtinger agreed , and Feuchtinger was absent and had forgotten to take a radio with him . Dollman ( CO of the 7th Army ) was also missing - at the war game in Rennes . Even when Feuchtinger returned ...
Page 346
... move against the invaders by 0500. Since it was already starting to get light by then any movement would be vulner- able to air attack - but the low cloud that existed on the morning of D- Day would have effectively rendered the ...
... move against the invaders by 0500. Since it was already starting to get light by then any movement would be vulner- able to air attack - but the low cloud that existed on the morning of D- Day would have effectively rendered the ...
Page 359
... move south to Pierrepont . Second , the Regina Rifles , supported by B squadron of the 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment , on the eastern side , who were to land on Nan Green , take the eastern section of Courseulles and move south to ...
... move south to Pierrepont . Second , the Regina Rifles , supported by B squadron of the 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment , on the eastern side , who were to land on Nan Green , take the eastern section of Courseulles and move south to ...
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