Hitler And His Generals

The military conferences that Hitler had twice daily with his staff, where he directed the war, were transcribed by stenographers from 1942 to 1945 in the bunker. These authentic documents are the only record kept by the Germans of their highest military decisions at the critical moment when the war turned against them.

Introduction by Gerhard L. Weinberg

i

Preface by Helmut Heiber

xi

Maps

xxxv

Conference Transcripts

1942

3

(53)

Evening Situation Report, December 1, 1942

4

(14)

Midday Situation Conference, December 12, 1942, in the Wolfsschanze

18

(38)

1943

56

(329)

Midday Situation Conference, February 1, 1943, at the Wolfsschanze

57

(14)

Evening Situation Report, March 4, 1943, at the Wehrwolf

71

(11)

Midday Situation Report, March 5, 1943, at the Wehrwolf

82

(17)

Mid-March to March 21, 1943

99

(1)

Fragment of an Evening Situation Conference, between March 12 and 15, 1943, probably at the Wolfsschanze

100

(13)

Midday Situation Report, March 21, 1943, at the Berghof

113

(6)

Meeting between the Führer and Field Marshal Keitel, May19,1943

119

(13)

Meeting between the Führer and Sonderführer v Neurath, May 20, 1943

132

(12)

Midday Situation Report, May 20 or 21, 1943

144

(11)

Meeting of the Führer with Field Marshal Keitel and General Zeitzler, June 8, 1943, in the Berghof

155

(11)

Midday Situation Report, July 25, 1943

166

(32)

Evening Situation Report, July 25, 1943

198

(14)

Second Evening Situation Report, July 25, 1943

212

(6)

Midday Situation Report, July 26, 1943

218

(34)

Meeting of the Führer with Field Marshal von Kluge, July 26, 1943

252

(15)

Excerpt from an Evening Situation Report, probably October 3, 1943

267

(1)

Midday Situation Report, October 4, 1943, at the Wolfsschanze

268

(8)

Evening Situation Report, October 26, 1943, at the Wolfsschanze

276

(9)

Midday Situation Report, November 19, 1943

285

(22)

Evening Situation Report, probably December 20, 1943

307

(15)

End of the Evening Situation Report, December 21, 1943

322

(1)

Midday Situation Report, December 22, 1943 at the Wolfsschanze

322

(10)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with General Zeitzler, December 27, 1943

332

(14)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with General Jodl and, joining later, General Zeitzler, December 28, 1943

346

(25)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with General Zeitzler, December 29, 1943

371

(4)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with Field Marshal von Küchler, December 30, 1943 at the Wolfsschanze

375

(10)

1944

385

(200)

Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist Commanding Officer (NSFO)

385

(2)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with General Reinecke, January 7, 1944, in the Wolfsschanze

387

(14)

Midday Situation Report, January 28, 1944

401

(15)

Telephone Conversation Between the Führer and General Zeitzler, January 28, 1944

416

(2)

Excerpt from a Situation Report, presumably from March 1944

418

(1)

Midday Situation Report, April 6, 1944

419

(13)

Evening Situation Report, May 18, 1944, at the Berghof

432

(5)

Evening Situation Report, June 18, 1944, at the Berghof

437

(7)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with Colonel General Jodl, July 31, 1944, in the Wolfsschanze

444

(20)

Meeting of the Fuhrer with Lieutenant General Westphal and Lieutenant General Krebs, August 31, 1944, at the Wolfsschanze

464

(5)

Midday Situation Conference, September 1, 1944, at the Wolfsschanze

469

(23)

Evening Situation Report, September 17, 1944, at the Wolfsschanze

492

(15)

Midday Situation Report, November 6, 1944

507

(26)

The Führer's Speech to Division Commanders, December 12, 1944, at Adlerhorst

533

(10)

Meeting of the Führer with Colonel General Blaskowitz, December 28, 1944, at Adlerhorst

543

(11)

The Führer's Speech to Division Commanders, December 28, 1944, at Adlerhorst

554

(14)

Meeting of the Führer with Major General Thomale, December 29, 1944, at Adlerhorst

568

(17)

1945

585

(154)

Concluding Portion of a Midday Situation Report, presumably, January 9, 1945

585

(6)

Evening Situation Report, January 9, 1945, in Adlerhorst

591

(5)

Midday Situation Report, January 10, 1945, at Adlerhorst

596

(22)

Midday Situation Report, January 27, 1945, in Berlin

618

(49)

Evening Situation Report, February 24, 1945, in Berlin

667

(8)

Fragment of a Midday Situation Report, presumably March 1, 1945

675

(2)

Fragment of a Midday Situation Report, presumably March 2, 1945

677

(6)

Fragment of a Midday Situation Report, presumably on March 2, 1945

683

(2)

Final Part of the Midday Situation Report, March 2, 1945

685

(9)

Fragment of a Midday Situation Report, presumably March 10, 1945

694

(3)

Evening Situation Report, March 23, 1945, in the Führer's apartment in Berlin

697

(20)

Hitler's Situation Reports, April 23, 25, and 27

717

(1)

2nd Situation Report, April 23, 1945

718

(1)

3rd Situation Report, April 23, 1945

719

(1)

Wednesday, April 25, 1945

720

(5)

2nd Situation Report, April 25, 1945

725

(1)

Friday, April 27, 1945

726

(5)

2nd Situation Report, April 27, 1945

731

(2)

3rd Situation Report, April 27, 1945

733

(6)

List of Participants

739

(16)

Introduction to the Notes by Helmut Heiber

755

(4)

Notes

759

(369)

Bibliography

1128

(12)

Index

1140

(19)

Acknowledgements

1159

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