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Leadership Lessons for Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times Challenging Times Colonel Leonard Kloeber Jr Jr Colonel Leonard Kloeber Introduction Staff Ride - Normandy Cover photo courtesy of the US National Archives Part I Part I The
Introduction
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Why is this such an interesting story?
September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland War in Europe begins Blitzkrieg in France in May
surrender and British evacuate
follows as Germans prepare to invade England.
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Marshal Stalin President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill
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North Africa
Sicily
Italy
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British and Americans meet at the Arcadia Conference in Washington DC to define the strategic direction (Dec 1941-Jan 1942)
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Inspects the Atlantic Wall and reinforces defenses “The first twenty-four hours will be decisive…..For the Allies, as well as Germany, it will be the longest day.”
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Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight Eisenhower, key subordinates & staff
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Who and which units?
Where to attack?
How large a force?
How to use the airborne?
Build up: Bolero
When? Surprise
Supporting attack: Anvil
Deception: Fortitude
Planning began
advance by a combined staff of American and British officers under British General Fredrick Morgan
Isolate the battlefield with air forces
Isolate the battlefield with air forces and the French Resistance and the French Resistance
Land 3 Airborne Divisions to secure
Land 3 Airborne Divisions to secure flanks and key terrain 0015 hrs d flanks and key terrain 0015 hrs d-
day
Conduct pre
Conduct pre-
assault bombardment by Naval and Air Forces by Naval and Air Forces
Land 5 Assault Divisions on 5
Land 5 Assault Divisions on 5 separate beaches on a 50 mile wide separate beaches on a 50 mile wide front beginning at 0630 hrs d front beginning at 0630 hrs d-
day
Get 150,000 men and 25,000 vehicles
Get 150,000 men and 25,000 vehicles ashore and secure the lodgment ashore and secure the lodgment
Confuse the Germans with Operation
Confuse the Germans with Operation Fortitude Fortitude
Secure a deepwater port, breakout
Secure a deepwater port, breakout and destroy the German army and destroy the German army
Eisenhower’s directive: You will enter the continent of Europe…. and undertake
directed at the heart of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces.
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public domain.
When to “go” Severe weather in the English Channel on June 5th Postpone for 24 hours Order of the Day
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British Glider Force led by Major John Howard Secured the bridge
Allied left flank
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British 6th Airborne US 82nd Airborne US 101st Airborne Disrupt German defenses and protect the beach invasion sites from counterattacks
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Naval and Air bombardments commence just after first light to destroy beach defenses
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US 4th Division lands
US 1st and 29th Divisions land on Omaha Beach
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American Rangers assault at Point du Hoc
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Br 50th Div lands
Can 3rd Div lands on Juno Beach Br 3rd Div lands
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Breakout of US Third Army led by General Patton
German army.
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public domain.
By the end of August the German army had been routed and Allied troops entered Paris. The German commander declares Paris an
prevent its destruction
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public domain.
Leadership at every level was
to the Allied
Germans did not employ the principle of “unity
which contributed to their defeat.
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Vision
Innovation and Learning
Capabilities: People & Resources
Timely Decisions: AIME Model
Operating Principles & Values
Resilience
Your Team
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Victorious Allied Troops march in Paris What is your great work?
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