The Amphibious Landings

Keith Grint

Chapter 14 in Leadership, Management and Command, 2008, pp 350-413 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract One of the essential aspects of a crisis is its unanticipated nature, and the shock to the Germans of the armada’s sudden appearance was colossal, for the sheer size and scale of the operation seemed overwhelming. ‘There were so many vessels’, recalled Sergeant Richard Heklotz of the German 110th Field Artillery, ‘so many ships, that there was nowhere on the horizon that you could look and not see some type of vessel’.1 But as Omaha Beach was to prove, surprise and materiel were necessary but not sufficient to secure the landings; that required Command too.

Keywords: Commanding Officer; British Troop; Resistance Nest; Infantry Division; Artillery Fire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230590502_14

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