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

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7. not meth, but similar amphetamines.

my understanding is that it was mixed into their rations, so the troops probably didn't know they were getting amped up.

but i'm sure it helped them to fight 20 hours a day

they didn't call it blitzkrieg for nothing....


eta: actually, yeah, meth was among what they used:

https://www.history.com/news/inside-the-drug-use-that-fueled-nazi-germany

A so-called “stimulant decree” issued in April 1940 sent more than 35 million tablets of Pervitin and Isophan (a slightly modified version produced by the Knoll pharmaceutical company) of the pills to the front lines, where they fueled the Nazis’ “Blitzkrieg” invasion of France through the Ardennes mountains. It should be noted that Germans were not alone in their use of performance-enhancing drugs during World War II. Allied soldiers were known to use amphetamines (speed) in the form of Benzedrine in order to battle combat fatigue.

(pervitin is meth)