I have read a lot of WW II history but here is one that I have never seen. The author claims that Nazi storm troopers were hopped up on crystal meth - better blitzkrieg through chemistry apparently. I know that some jihadists use the stuff to artificially pump up their fighting spirit, but never had I seen anything even hinting that the Nazis resorted to similar chemical enhancements. Even a bunch of speed freaks, though, wasn't a match for the American GI and the 8th Air Force!
www.news.com.au/world/nazis-secret-weapon-they-were-all-high/story-e6frfkyi-1226032409117
Yes, the drugs were called Pervitin and Isophan, see: amphetamines(dot)com/nazi.html The end of the speed freaks may have ended with the American GI, but it didn't start with them--it started with the massive loss at Stalingrad at the hands of the Russian people, over a year before D-Day. Look for a video called "War of the Century" at your local library.
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