Percy Ernst Schramm, one of Germany's most distinguished historians, had exceptional access to Adolf Hitler because from January 1943 to the war's end he was the Führer's official war diarist. This classic volume, long out of print, contains the introductions written by Schramm to critical editions of Hitler's Table Talk & the official War Diary of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. Additionally, there are two appendices: the 1st consisting of excerpts from a study composed by Schramm for the Nuremburg Trials on relations between Hitler & the General Staff; the 2nd a memorandum written by General Jodl in '46 on Hitler's military leadership.