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 35
... Operations , after all , the defending troops comprised either very old , very young or very Polish men . And against the flower of the Canadian Army and the British Commandos what could such a ragtag army hope to achieve ? In the event ...
... Operations , after all , the defending troops comprised either very old , very young or very Polish men . And against the flower of the Canadian Army and the British Commandos what could such a ragtag army hope to achieve ? In the event ...
Page 95
... operations , that these operations are a diversionary manoeuvre designed to draw off enemy reserves in order then to make a decisive attack in another place . In view of the continued air attacks on the concentration area mentioned ...
... operations , that these operations are a diversionary manoeuvre designed to draw off enemy reserves in order then to make a decisive attack in another place . In view of the continued air attacks on the concentration area mentioned ...
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... Operations under Lord Louis Mountbatten was to co - ordinate raids on the continent and test invasion methods . From July 1940 Combined Operations became established at Inverary , Scotland and this remained the main training centre for ...
... Operations under Lord Louis Mountbatten was to co - ordinate raids on the continent and test invasion methods . From July 1940 Combined Operations became established at Inverary , Scotland and this remained the main training centre for ...
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