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I think a common term was "Panzerschokolade", which can be translated as tank-chocolate.
So did the US.
The Allied forces used other amphetamines, but not methamphetamine, and on a much smaller scale.
Not just tired but also fucked up enough to dig a mass grave and chuck 200 bodies in it. Every day.
My past experience with various amphetamine derivatives suggests that yes, this is an excellent way to keep the army going.. Though how you keep them from beating off all night and day is a completely different question. There must have been men in charge of policing that.
My past experience with various members of the army suggests that they don't need any help from amphetamines to beat off all night and day. Especially in the desert
In der Zeit von April bis Juni 1940 bezog die Wehrmacht mehr als 35 Millionen Tabletten Pervitin.
In the time from April to June 1940 the "Wehrmacht" [German Army during National Socialism] obtained more than 35 million pills of "Pervitin" [brand name of meth]
Did they actually add a methyl group? Or was this more like proto-Adderall?
Friendly everyday methyl group
From wiki:
Amphetamine, discovered before methamphetamine, was first synthesized in 1887 in Germany by Romanian chemist Lazăr Edeleanu who named it phenylisopropylamine.[162][163] Shortly after, methamphetamine was synthesized from ephedrine in 1893 by Japanese chemist Nagai Nagayoshi.[164] Three decades later, in 1919, methamphetamine hydrochloride was synthesized by pharmacologist Akira Ogata via reduction of ephedrine using red phosphorus and iodine.[165]
From 1938, methamphetamine was marketed on a large scale in Germany as a nonprescription drug under the brand name Pervitin, produced by the Berlin-based Temmler pharmaceutical company.[166][167] It was used by all branches of the combined armed forces of the Third Reich, for its stimulant effects and to induce extended wakefulness.[168][169]
Damn, and even sold OTC like aspirin. They must have saved a fortune on coffee! Haha. Ha.