chuckdyke Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Pervitin aka amphetamine. Is it part of the game? I found this YT video about the subject. Hope the translate function works. Wie war das Leben als deutscher Soldat im zweiten Weltkrieg? - YouTube 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdeath Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 At least there is one music video on the subject 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I am taking a college course all about this. "Sex, Drugs and Alcohol in WW2" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Set troops to fanatic. Voila, you have a bunch of drugged up lunatics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGBoy Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 There is book and here is a review ICYMI Allies heard the good news and developed their own versions. I recently ran across articles on American hopes for a Manchurian Candidate scenario which led to some simply appalling and inhumane experimenting on hapless individuals. Could find it if interested... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freyberg Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: Set troops to fanatic. Voila, you have a bunch of drugged up lunatics. Interesting idea - maybe set some of them to 'weakened' and 'unfit' as well - and -2 efficiency, because Meth can do weird things to people I'm gonna try that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, Freyberg said: Interesting idea - maybe set some of them to 'weakened' and 'unfit' as well - and -2 efficiency, because Meth can do weird things to people I'm gonna try that. Agreed, that would model the effect even more realistically. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 6:23 PM, Vergeltungswaffe said: Set troops to fanatic. Voila, you have a bunch of drugged up lunatics. Every Friday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said: Every Friday Well, interesting topic...which reminds me of, If I recall correctly, that the most condecorated US soldier in the Vietnam war confessed he entered combat almost always under the effects of drugs...I guess a normal state of mind could not withstand being under the pressure of combat for a long time without being burned out ...also, out of curiosity...but you know where the word assasin comes from...did you? Edited April 3, 2021 by Dan Dare 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Dan Dare said: also, out of curiosity...but you know where the word assasin comes from...did you? Yes. I even visited the castle in Syria where they were allegedly based. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Its strange that most of all books I have read from the German perspective, very rarely mention "Fritz" waking up and popping a meth pill with his coffee before each and every battle. I think It was brought up a few times, but that was it. I guess it was so common they just didn't think of mentioning it in their memoirs. Or its a embarrassment to them I suppose. Edited April 4, 2021 by Blazing 88's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous_Jonze Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I read Norman Ohler´s Blitzed (Der Totale Rausch) and found it very good and enlightening. But it seems to me, that he overstates the influence of drugs on Hitler and in The Third Reich at large. Yes, Hitler and his soldiers were probably more drugged than we have previously been aware of. But find it highly doubtful that the drugs are responsible for every stupid decision the Führer made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Here is an interesting tactic of Sgt York. Take out the rear troops of a formation first, the front of the formation doesn't realize they are being shot at. He did it with a 1911 in .45 ACP. WW1 - The Trench Shotgun & M1911 Pistol - a short history - YouTube 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It still amazes me that people who post stuff like this on the net think that they are telling us something new. It might be new to them, but it isn't to anyone who has been reading books for the last fifty or so years. "Wakey wakey" as Billy Cotton used to shout. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainTheDark Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: It still amazes me that people who post stuff like this on the net think that they are telling us something new. It might be new to them, but it isn't to anyone who has been reading books for the last fifty or so years. "Wakey wakey" as Billy Cotton used to shout. I didn't see it till today, so stand amazed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) If you want to read some research rather than hyped up stuff page 21 of this paper might be useful. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amos-Wright-Iii/publication/230590819_Methamphetamine_for_Hitler's_Germany_1937_to_1945/links/5a86ebbaaca272017e5a77b7/Methamphetamine-for-Hitlers-Germany-1937-to-1945.pdf?origin=publication_detail summary from above paper: Methamphetamine was synthesized in Germany in 1937 and commercially re- leased in 1938. It became a popular stimu- lant for tired night workers and a recre- ational drug for young people until mid- 1941 when it became a controlled substance. It was abused by the armed forces during World War II when it was distributed by some commanding officers (occasionally over the objections of the units’ physicians) to prevent or treat the fatigue of exhausted troops and thus allow them to survive, de- spite the strict restrictions issued by the Army Inspectorate. There is no evidence for the claim that the use of Pervitin was encouraged by the Nazi government to cre- ate a “superman.” In fact the Health Leader L. Conti strongly discouraged its use. Edited April 18, 2021 by George MC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 19 hours ago, chuckdyke said: Here is an interesting tactic of Sgt York. Take out the rear troops of a formation first, the front of the formation doesn't realize they are being shot at. He did it with a 1911 in .45 ACP. WW1 - The Trench Shotgun & M1911 Pistol - a short history - YouTube ...What does that have to do with pervitin? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 Just now, AttorneyAtWar said: What does that have to do with pervitin? Nothing apart from you don't need Pervitin to be brave beyond the call of duty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 1:00 AM, Warts 'n' all said: It might be new to them, but it isn't to anyone who has been reading books for the last fifty or so years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 1:22 AM, chuckdyke said: Nothing apart from you don't need Pervitin to be brave beyond the call of duty. In other news, the sun rose in the east today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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