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 177
... serving in the Canadian and Commonwealth units on D - Day were volunteers . Historically , the peace- time Canadian army was small , comprising only three permanent regi- ments - including the Royal Regiment of Canada from Toronto that ...
... serving in the Canadian and Commonwealth units on D - Day were volunteers . Historically , the peace- time Canadian army was small , comprising only three permanent regi- ments - including the Royal Regiment of Canada from Toronto that ...
Page 178
... served with the American forces : for example , David Niven , then a Lieutenant Colonel , went ashore on Omaha Beach with the American 1st Division.92 The 1st Canadian Division saw action in Sicily , and the 2nd Division was destroyed ...
... served with the American forces : for example , David Niven , then a Lieutenant Colonel , went ashore on Omaha Beach with the American 1st Division.92 The 1st Canadian Division saw action in Sicily , and the 2nd Division was destroyed ...
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... serving in the US Women's Army Corps including 6,000 officers . Some 17,000 of these served over- seas in many areas but primarily in administration and never in actual combat , though 38 were killed in training or driving . 13 There ...
... serving in the US Women's Army Corps including 6,000 officers . Some 17,000 of these served over- seas in many areas but primarily in administration and never in actual combat , though 38 were killed in training or driving . 13 There ...
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