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 175
... weapons troop armed with mortars and medium machine guns . Because the Commandos were only intended to act as raiders , they were lightly armed but they carried a high proportion of automatic weapons , were very mobile , and highly ...
... weapons troop armed with mortars and medium machine guns . Because the Commandos were only intended to act as raiders , they were lightly armed but they carried a high proportion of automatic weapons , were very mobile , and highly ...
Page 236
... weapons : in 1940 the US heavy weapons programme did not exist and there were no anti - tank guns or even tanks to speak of . Worse , when Patterson asked General Hap Arnold how many aircraft the US could realistically muster against an ...
... weapons : in 1940 the US heavy weapons programme did not exist and there were no anti - tank guns or even tanks to speak of . Worse , when Patterson asked General Hap Arnold how many aircraft the US could realistically muster against an ...
Page 299
... weapons were markedly inferior : the American Browning Automatic Rifles fired between 300 and 600 rounds per minute depend- ing on the model from a 20 cartridge box magazine . The British Bren gun , based on a Czech ZB 26 design , fired ...
... weapons were markedly inferior : the American Browning Automatic Rifles fired between 300 and 600 rounds per minute depend- ing on the model from a 20 cartridge box magazine . The British Bren gun , based on a Czech ZB 26 design , fired ...
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