D-Day: Those who Were ThereThe logistics of landing almost 250,000 men on a 60-mile stretch of heavily fortified coastline are almost unimaginable. By Whitsun 1944, Britain had began to resemble a vast military warehouse, with jeeps and trucks parked along what seemed like every road in the south and west of England, tanks ranked in carparks and forecourts, and rows upon rows of bombs stored under tarpaulin in fields - all labelled "Europe". The roads were jammed with soldiers in transit, all trains were requisitioned for the troops, and women knew that their menfolk 'somewhere in southern England' might be one of that perilous first wave across the Channel. |
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... side of crate 58 ? ' ' Syringes . ' ' What is in the left - hand side of crate 16 ? ' And you had to know . It was for speed of opening when you got to the other side . We didn't know where the other side was going to be then , but when ...
... side of crate 58 ? ' ' Syringes . ' ' What is in the left - hand side of crate 16 ? ' And you had to know . It was for speed of opening when you got to the other side . We didn't know where the other side was going to be then , but when ...
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... sides , cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side because this implies a level of determinism that is unsustain- able either theoretically or empirically . Instead I suggest that we might provide a more ...
... sides , cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side because this implies a level of determinism that is unsustain- able either theoretically or empirically . Instead I suggest that we might provide a more ...
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... side could work out by reference to the past or to science . The two sides of the strategy problem , then , might appear Wicked in nature , that is , where problems have no clear ' rational ' solution and instead they require some form ...
... side could work out by reference to the past or to science . The two sides of the strategy problem , then , might appear Wicked in nature , that is , where problems have no clear ' rational ' solution and instead they require some form ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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Air Force Airborne Division aircraft Allied Ambrose American amphibious anti-tank Armoured Division artillery ashore assault Atlantic Wall attack Balkoski Battalion battery battle boats bombardment bombers bombing Bradley Britain Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Cherbourg Churchill coast combat commanders Company Corps D-Day DD tanks defenders Delaforce destroyed Dieppe Dieppe raid DUKWs E-boats Eisenhower enemy fight fighter fire France French front glider going Group Hitler Infantry Division initial inland invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed Kilvert-Jones landing craft LCTs leaders leadership London Luftwaffe machine guns managed miles military Montgomery move naval Navy Neillands Normandy officers Omaha Beach Operation Overlord Panzer Division paratroopers Pas de Calais Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Quoted raid Ramsey Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt shells Sherman ships soldiers Soviet strategy success suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles Wehrmacht Wicked Problem wounded