Dr. Bill Nance joins me with some back history to help us better appreciate what we're talking about now, essentially explaining how we got the US Army we had in June 1944 going into Normandy. In the course of that discussion, there are topics of contemporary relevance too, such as Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO), the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), the impact of finite resources, and planning for what happens in week two. Several publications are mentioned so they are linked below, and Dr. Steve Waddell is also mentioned, the guest in the preceding episode.

Links

Command Decisions by Kent Roberts Greenfield

The 90-Division Gamble by Maurice Matloff

America's First Battles 1776-1965 by Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft (editors)

Commanding Professionalism: Simpson, Moore, and the Ninth US Army by Dr. William Stuart Nance

Why We Fight Bonus Content

Building an American Army 1939-1941 (Saved Threads from the first series)