Hitler and the military : the honeymoon, 1933-36 -- Growing estrangements, 1936-37 -- Colonel Hossback take notes -- Th eclipse of Blombert -- The Fritsch crisis : genesis and preliminaries -- Development of the Fritsch crisis -- The elevation of Walther von Brauchitsch -- Hitler masters the Fritsch crisis -- Attack and counterattack -- Too little and too late : the exoneration of Fritsch -- Echos and sequelae -- The rehabilitation issue -- Conclusion : looking back -- and ahead.