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 78
... took off and 53 of these stayed outside the invasion area . Only 1 per cent of British aircraft that took part in the night campaign failed to return . Indeed , while fears of heavy bomber losses in the first two days after D - Day were ...
... took off and 53 of these stayed outside the invasion area . Only 1 per cent of British aircraft that took part in the night campaign failed to return . Indeed , while fears of heavy bomber losses in the first two days after D - Day were ...
Page 261
... took place on 15 March 1944 when it took 90 minutes to turn the ships around and sweep in the oppo- site direction . Two weeks later a second rehearsal was cancelled for 24 hours due to bad weather - just as on D - Day- but when it was ...
... took place on 15 March 1944 when it took 90 minutes to turn the ships around and sweep in the oppo- site direction . Two weeks later a second rehearsal was cancelled for 24 hours due to bad weather - just as on D - Day- but when it was ...
Page 384
... took the three western sectors : Easy Red , Fox Green and Fox Red . The beach was a nightmare for attackers and a dream for defenders : it was difficult to outflank , the bluff provided good views for the defenders of the attackers ...
... took the three western sectors : Easy Red , Fox Green and Fox Red . The beach was a nightmare for attackers and a dream for defenders : it was difficult to outflank , the bluff provided good views for the defenders of the attackers ...
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