High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history
www.theguardian.com
German writer Norman Ohler’s astonishing account of methamphetamine addiction in the Third Reich changes what we know about the second world war
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ajoeyr on 2025-03-14 22:48:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a lot of soldiers during WW2 were using and abusing hard drugs. Japanese, American and British forces consumed large amounts of amphetamines, but the Germans were the most enthusiastic early adopters, pioneering pill-popping on the battlefield during the initial phases of the war.