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"Nazis on Drugs" - Wehrmacht & Meth - Wunderwaffe?

There some over-blown claims out there that the "Blitzkriege" were mainly achieved due to the use of Meth (Pervitin) and that historians had ignored this issue. Is it true or false? In this video we take a look at Pervitin, the Wehrmacht, the early German victories aka "Blitzkriege" and various aspects. Was Pervitin a Wunderwaffe? Was the Wehrmacht on Meth? How long was it used? And some aspects. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » RallyPoint - https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/military-history-visualized » tumblr - http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ Military History NOT Visualized is a support channel to Military History Visualized with a focus personal accounts, answering questions that arose on the main channel and showcasing events like visiting museums, using equipment or military hardware. » SOURCES « Steinkamp, Peter: Pervitin (Methamphetamine) test, use and misuse in the German Wehrmacht, in: Wolfgang Eckart (Hrsg.), Man, Medicine and the State: The Human Body as an Object of Government Sponsored Medical Research in the 20th Century, Stuttgart (2006), p. 61–71. Gnausch, Anne: N. Ohler: Der totale Rausch. H-Soz-Kult: https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-25096 Eghigian, Greg: A Methamphetamine Dictatorship? Hitler, Nazi Germany, and Drug Abuse, in Psychiatric Times, Volume: 33, Issue: 6, June 23rd 2016. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/substance-use-disorder/methamphetamine-dictatorship-hitler-nazi-germany-and-drug-abuse Steinkamp, Peter: ZUR DEVIANZ-PROBLEMATIK IN DER WEHRMACHT: ALKOHOL- UND RAUSCHMITTELMISSBRAUCH BEI DER TRUPPE Medizin und Nationalsozialismus: Bilanz und Perspektiven der Forschung By Wolfgang U. Eckart, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, Winfried Süß, Robert Jütte https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/buecher/article205769447/Und-wieder-ein-Hitler-Buch-Der-Fuehrer-als-Junkie.html » DISCLAIMER « Amazon Associates Program: “Bernhard Kast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.” Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone