Is this true? Nazis used meth extensively for energy--soldiers, workers, Hitler

[Aristus]

6. It's true.

Germany marketed methamphetamine under the trade name Pervitin, and issued it to the troops in the millions of pills. The goal was to keep them awake, alert, and energetic enough to fight without tiring for days on end.

In the WWII memoir The Forgotten Soldier, French-German Wehrmacht infantryman Guy Sajer relates pulling thirty-six hour guard shifts while on the front lines. He intimates that this is an example of the German soldier's strict discipline and rigorous training. But it's turning out, meth and other stimulants had a lot to do with it.