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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... strategy and matériel should be resisted in the same way that we should avoid explaining German defeat simply through their inferior strategy and matériel . We often attribute success and failure of organizations , armies and countries ...
... strategy and matériel should be resisted in the same way that we should avoid explaining German defeat simply through their inferior strategy and matériel . We often attribute success and failure of organizations , armies and countries ...
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... strategic requirement soon embroiled large numbers of Allied political and military leaders in all kinds of feuds about personal domination over resources and strategy . For the most part the Allied air leaders were unimpressed with the ...
... strategic requirement soon embroiled large numbers of Allied political and military leaders in all kinds of feuds about personal domination over resources and strategy . For the most part the Allied air leaders were unimpressed with the ...
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... strategy embodied by the Atlantic Wall and once again highlight the extent to which the strategy was a consequence of Leadership decisions , rather than being determined by the situation or a matter of chance . Those decisions were ...
... strategy embodied by the Atlantic Wall and once again highlight the extent to which the strategy was a consequence of Leadership decisions , rather than being determined by the situation or a matter of chance . Those decisions were ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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