Divided on D-Day: How Leadership Failures Threatened the Normandy Invasion Gordon Edward E.
Divided on D-Day: How Leadership Failures Threatened the Normandy Invasion Gordon Edward E. Two historians--one American and one British--examine the ways in which rivalries and personality conflicts…
Specifikacia Divided on D-Day: How Leadership Failures Threatened the Normandy Invasion Gordon Edward E.
Divided on D-Day: How Leadership Failures Threatened the Normandy Invasion Gordon Edward E.
Two historians--one American and one British--examine the ways in which rivalries and personality conflicts among Allied commanders adversely affected the D-Day invasion and its aftermath. The book highlights the conflicting egos, national rivalries, and professional abilities of the principal D-Day commanders who planned and executed the OVERLORD Operation and its aftermath. In anticipation of the 75th anniversary of D-Day comes this fresh perspective on the Normandy invasion -- -the beginning of the end of World War II.
From their in-depth analysis of past D-Day literature, primary and archival sources, the authors provide insightful answers to the many controversies that have long surrounded Two historians, one American and one British, show how lack of cooperation and bad decisions lengthened the war, increased casualties, and allowed the later Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.