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 117
... whilst the greater dispersal of concentrated armour further inland limited the scope for an effective counter - attack . As a result , the normally mobile defensive units in Normandy became static units so that the lower quality of the ...
... whilst the greater dispersal of concentrated armour further inland limited the scope for an effective counter - attack . As a result , the normally mobile defensive units in Normandy became static units so that the lower quality of the ...
Page 384
... whilst being protected to the front by concrete . Hence many of soldiers wading through the surf were being fired at but could see nothing to fire back at : either the defenders were in hidden bunkers or the solid concrete gun ...
... whilst being protected to the front by concrete . Hence many of soldiers wading through the surf were being fired at but could see nothing to fire back at : either the defenders were in hidden bunkers or the solid concrete gun ...
Page 392
... whilst fixing a bangalore torpedo to blow a gap in the barbed wire . Three men were killed and two wounded by mortars in the action but the first breakthrough had been made . Behind them , the next waves were piling in on the shore and ...
... whilst fixing a bangalore torpedo to blow a gap in the barbed wire . Three men were killed and two wounded by mortars in the action but the first breakthrough had been made . Behind them , the next waves were piling in on the shore and ...
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