60 – Nelson and the Amphibious Raid on Tenerife
Nelson’s worst defeat was his amphibious raid on Tenerife. We look at the lessons learnt for planning amphibious operations as well as how this operation...
Category : Mission Command
59 – Nelson, Mission Command and Mission Failure
We look at Mission Command in the context of Mission Failure. How can Mission Command success when your plan fails? This is Part IV of...
53 – Royal Navy Mission Command at the Battle of Cape St Vincent
We continue to look at the genesis of Royal Navy Mission Command with Lord Horatio Nelson. The Battle of Cape St Vincent is his first...
Lord Horatio Nelson and Mission Command
Lord Horatio Nelson's command philosophy had many elements of Mission Command - we look for lessons for Leaders about how he lead his men and...
33 – The practice of Mission Command
What is Mission Command and why is it so difficult to practice? We look at the modern implementation of Auftragstaktik....
32 – Mission Command and Mission Success with Nordbat 2
We discuss how Mission Command was used in Bosnia by BRIG Ulf Henriccson, commander of Nordbat 2 as a part of UNPROFOR....