The Nazis were crack addicts!

[ignoramus]

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/are-...spartandhp

Was that the same drug the soldiers were given?

No, the soldiers used Pervitin, a German product patented in 1937 that contains methamphetamine - which is known today as crystal meth.It was a medicine, freely available until 1939.

In Berlin, it became a drug of choice, like people drink coffee, to boost their energy. People took loads of Pervitin, across the board. The company wanted Pervitin to rival Coca Cola, so people took it, it worked and they were euphoric - a mood that matched the general mood before the war.

Then the army discovered Pervitin?

The army realized there is a drug out there that might be of interest to soldiers because Pervitin keeps you awake for a long time… for the first couple of days, you don't need to sleep. It was used for the first time when Germany attacked Poland, and then when Germany attacked France in 1940, a Blitzkrieg strategy. Before that attack, the German army ordered 35 million tablets of Pervitin for the soldiers advancing on France. Pervitin was used heavily in the German army.