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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... paratroopers landed so far from their targets that they played no effective part in any of the planned attacks . 15 Ridgeway's scattered troops from the 82nd were unable to mount any major attack upon German positions but ironically the ...
... paratroopers landed so far from their targets that they played no effective part in any of the planned attacks . 15 Ridgeway's scattered troops from the 82nd were unable to mount any major attack upon German positions but ironically the ...
Page 189
... paratrooper recalled how one lieutenant had reprimanded them for not seeking ' action ' . At this slight some of the ... paratroopers scattered for safety leaving the lieutenant as the sole remaining target for two 88 shells , though he ...
... paratrooper recalled how one lieutenant had reprimanded them for not seeking ' action ' . At this slight some of the ... paratroopers scattered for safety leaving the lieutenant as the sole remaining target for two 88 shells , though he ...
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... paratroopers . But the post - jump crisis also left the Americans very short of troops and bereft of any heavy weapons , such as the 57mm anti - tank guns . In theory , the guns were due to accompany the 4,000 reinforcement glider ...
... paratroopers . But the post - jump crisis also left the Americans very short of troops and bereft of any heavy weapons , such as the 57mm anti - tank guns . In theory , the guns were due to accompany the 4,000 reinforcement glider ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Copyright | |
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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