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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... troops in 11 divisions . But only four of these had combat experience . On Omaha , the 1st Division had taken part in the amphibious landings in North Africa and Sicily but the 29th Division had not . The Big Red One , as the 1st ...
... troops in 11 divisions . But only four of these had combat experience . On Omaha , the 1st Division had taken part in the amphibious landings in North Africa and Sicily but the 29th Division had not . The Big Red One , as the 1st ...
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... troops . Unfortunately , and despite all the evidence concerning the importance of group loyalty and cohesion to soldiers ' morale , the US army was swayed by contending concerns for group casualties into undermining that morale through ...
... troops . Unfortunately , and despite all the evidence concerning the importance of group loyalty and cohesion to soldiers ' morale , the US army was swayed by contending concerns for group casualties into undermining that morale through ...
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... troops or supplies which ensured that sooner or later victory would be achieved and therefore there was little need for heroics . And , most significantly , from 1943 the Germans were primarily fighting a defensive war where most of the ...
... troops or supplies which ensured that sooner or later victory would be achieved and therefore there was little need for heroics . And , most significantly , from 1943 the Germans were primarily fighting a defensive war where most of the ...
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