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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... region the Allies promptly invaded Sicily.3 At about the same time the Allies began to plan an equivalent opera- tion to ensure that German forces would not be concentrated at the intended invasion site in France ; this was ' Operation ...
... region the Allies promptly invaded Sicily.3 At about the same time the Allies began to plan an equivalent opera- tion to ensure that German forces would not be concentrated at the intended invasion site in France ; this was ' Operation ...
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... region as the Normandy region , there was little to indicate otherwise.84 Even when mistakes were made they seemed to favour the Allies : in May 1944 a member of a beach survey party was captured- but he had been operating in the Somme ...
... region as the Normandy region , there was little to indicate otherwise.84 Even when mistakes were made they seemed to favour the Allies : in May 1944 a member of a beach survey party was captured- but he had been operating in the Somme ...
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... region up to five destroyers , 130 submarines ( of which 40 would be immediately available ) , 11 torpedo boats , 60 E - boats , 60 R - boats , 30 M - class minesweepers and 60 miscellaneous craft . In all about 350 German naval vessels ...
... region up to five destroyers , 130 submarines ( of which 40 would be immediately available ) , 11 torpedo boats , 60 E - boats , 60 R - boats , 30 M - class minesweepers and 60 miscellaneous craft . In all about 350 German naval vessels ...
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