One thing that I fear is not as widely known about the Third Reich as maybe it should, is how widespread and even encouraged the use of dangerous drugs was.
E.g., methamphetamine (and I mean really the exact same meth as in Breaking Bad) under the brand name of Pervitin was so ubiquitous in the Luftwaffe, that Pervitin was better known colocquially as "Herman Göring pills" or "Stuka tablets". During the night raids on Britain, air crews were actually encouraged to take one or two Pervitin pills to stay awake.
After France, the side effects became very obvious, not the least of concerns being that after you got a soldier higher than a kite on meth for a battle, it would take one or two days for said soldier to recover to full ability to fight again. Also documented effects were an increase in agression, which sounds good for an army, but that also included being more inclined to take it on civilians or get into fights with fellow soldiers or even officers.
So the Heer (army) cut down on pushing it on the troops after France. Other branches, including the Luftwaffe and SS, just ignored the side effects and continued pushing it on their soldiers until the bitter end.
Which really gets me to wonder about one thing: THE most prevalent complaint the Heer officers had about fighting together with the Waffen SS was that the SS were overly aggressive, to the point of endangering themselves and the troops they were supposed to fight together with, and routinely ignored orders in favour of doing their own aggressive thing.
And my wonder is: so how much of that do you suppose was because of being marinated in meth?
E.g., methamphetamine (and I mean really the exact same meth as in Breaking Bad) under the brand name of Pervitin was so ubiquitous in the Luftwaffe, that Pervitin was better known colocquially as "Herman Göring pills" or "Stuka tablets". During the night raids on Britain, air crews were actually encouraged to take one or two Pervitin pills to stay awake.
After France, the side effects became very obvious, not the least of concerns being that after you got a soldier higher than a kite on meth for a battle, it would take one or two days for said soldier to recover to full ability to fight again. Also documented effects were an increase in agression, which sounds good for an army, but that also included being more inclined to take it on civilians or get into fights with fellow soldiers or even officers.
So the Heer (army) cut down on pushing it on the troops after France. Other branches, including the Luftwaffe and SS, just ignored the side effects and continued pushing it on their soldiers until the bitter end.
Which really gets me to wonder about one thing: THE most prevalent complaint the Heer officers had about fighting together with the Waffen SS was that the SS were overly aggressive, to the point of endangering themselves and the troops they were supposed to fight together with, and routinely ignored orders in favour of doing their own aggressive thing.
And my wonder is: so how much of that do you suppose was because of being marinated in meth?
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