"Blitzed" details massive drug use in Nazi Germany

Before and during World War II, Germany's Nazi Party condemned drug use. But the book, "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich," claims German soldiers were often high on methamphetamine issued by their commanders to enhance their endurance. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler himself was a substance abuser. Author Norman Ohler joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss his book.
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[@Shadobanned4life]

There is no drug problem until you run out.

[@wheeloflife17]

Harry Canary well said.

[@kennethrobertson6779]

I agree no running out please

[@fuckfinland8203]

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[@lukemoto1235]

Tyson Gilbert bruh what are you even saying???

[@dominickmasonry3878]

He hit the ceiling, so it didn't work anymore.

[@cigh7445]

They didn't see those as drugs at the time, but performance enhancing supplements

[@VR-Fanatic666]

This is Simply not true, if you read medical literature you will see they used them for a range of things just like today, these medicines weren’t new at this stage, but using for soldiers might be where you confused it. But yes they would also use for performance, but not in the method you’d think, meth was available to the public, it’s purpose was misused as many were.

[@tulsatombob2769]

You forgot to mention that the Japanese actually developed methamphetamine and was used by Kamikaze pilots.

[@thesssradio5008]

What if they got it from the nazis

[@ijustsavedalotofstressbysw9378]

Uhhhh noooo it was opium

[@behindthen0thing]

He just said germany invented it

[@CortexZero]

I guess you would have to be on meth to fly your plane into battleships. That takes balls of steel.

[@karchinafizer9500]

meth is a whole different drug and high then opium , it's a great medicine but is on a fine line of recreational drug, but adderall is used for ADHD and is really the same chemicals makeup as meth.

[@Ebiru2387]

That female hosts knows a little bit more about drugs than i think she would care to admit.

[@misterpoopnose6547]

For real 🤣

[@fungi42021]

she's cool

[@AleChemist23]

Yes the German army abused N-methylamphetamine aka Methedrine while the US army abused the non methylated classic Amphetamine aka Benzedrine… a methyl away from each other and not much pharmacodynamic difference, mostly pharmacokinetic differences tbf 👍🏼

[@Pattern51lover]

Lols did she just say speedball? 😂

[@krusher74]

she knows her drugs!

[@beals6631]

That’s what I was thinking. She said speedball like it was a word she used often

[@overhemd3000]

she watched the BBC show before meeting him

[@mattheww797]

🙄

[@valerietaylor9615]

I'm familiar with the term "speedball"' though I've never used an illegal drug. I have, unfortunately, known people who did. 😮

[@klums7651]

I mean imagine how scary and stressful it is fighting 3 superpowers at once (Btw im not saying using drugs is good but im saying i understand That they used drugs during the war)

[@dannyc.jewell8788]

I talked to a WW2 vet one time , and he said the Germans were on dope , I had no point of reference , but I remembered what he said ,now years latter the truth is starting to come out .

[@fungi42021]

this had been kn0wn for a long time

[@dannyc.jewell8788]

@@fungi42021 Do you have anything to add ?

[@fungi42021]

@@dannyc.jewell8788 I'm saying the truth has been out for a long time

[@johnglow7845]

Soldiers that fought them said they were rabid and could stay up in the battle field all night and day.

[@HarmonixHealing]

The author (no doubt) is an expert in the field

[@This_tub]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thankor]

I thought the same thing he's been around the block

[@valerietaylor9615]

He did his research carefully.

[@valerietaylor9615]

I mean, thoroughly.

[@meine.wenigkeit]

Just finished this book. Amazing.

[@cambs0181]

Marcus V Yeah I think I'll mosey over to Amazon in minute, looks quite an interesting read!

[@matshagglund3550]

The army which used much more drugs than any other was Finnish Army. 250 million 5 mg pills of 100% pure heroin and morphine (mostly heroin) during 1941-44. Finns also continued using German Pervitin after Germans abandoned it (mostly). After the war e.g in 1948 Finland used 18% of world's prescription legal heroin.

[@behindthen0thing]

You think the guy could have at least combed his hair before going on tv

[@davidgrahamscott9156]

He's a genius and a genius doesn't have to comb his hair

[@tomthx5804]

Dirty is the new clean

[@markhooker8520]

Tell it to Boris Johnson.

[@yusufnaufal2051]

im totally fine with it

[@paparika4501]

@@davidgrahamscott9156 hahahahhaa

[@loetzcollector466]

The funny thing is many of the Allied countries did the exact same thing but somehow it's never mentioned.

[@JClimbing]

Strange that they don’t say anything about the Allies.. They took meth and other drugs too

[@crevice5369]

"meth eliminates fear". do me a favour and stay in the midwest for a bit or watch an episode of cops.

[@Impetuss]

@Random Restoration Correct. The paranoia is from being awake for a long time, in the beginning youre unstoppable

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Random Restoration It also reduces inhibition and makes these tweakers face their fears which can be useful when attacking an enemy position.

[@allenbirmingham1152]

Yes, but the meth they get is from some dude who cooked it in a trailer home for the first time. This meth was designed by German scientists wtf? did you not watch the video?

[@earlyivermectincancelscovi2522]

PANZERSCHOKOLADE (tankers‘ chocolate) containing Pervertin was actually a thing back then

[@robsku1]

Yes, they were the mothers little helpers of the period, German style.

[@valerietaylor9615]

You could buy them at the grocery stores, no prescription needed.

[@robsku1]

This same thing surfaces now and then and is repeatedly reported like it's some new information that someone has just dug up. Personally I remember first time I heard of this, or specifically Hitlers personal drug use (administered by his personal doctor although it began without Hitler's knowledge) was in the late 90's, and of methamphetamine use by soldiers (and lonely housewives, it was used in frigging chocolate confectionery!!) by early 2000's at furthest. Also, I really have no idea how long this information has been easily in reach of general public, if they were interested to know. Nowadays I'm actually surprised of people still not knowing about this!

[@pluckybellhop66]

I'm not surprised to only just be finding out about it, no way they were going to teach us that in school, wouldn't want us to actually understand the world. People have no idea how destructive meth is or who literally moves it for world shaping kind of money. People like Min Aung Hlaing make el Chapo look like a dime sack street dealer. I also know that information won't make it into a history book.

[@kingdoge69]

Kinda like the stim packs in Starcraft lol

[@Arcticstar69]

It does NOT reduce fear. It will enhance whatever mood you are in. So if you where worried, you would become terrified after taking a dose of pervitine...

[@dab0331]

Well most soldiers and Marines are taught to fear their sergeants more than the enemy, so.... You get the same result

[@slav7221]

I bet if they only smoked pot they would’ve killed a lot less

[@sulfarussulfarus3378]

I bet of they only used MDMA, there would be no killing 🤣

[@adventurelover8521]

The irony is.. People in 21st century are still enjoying it. Wake up people!

[@kikaes5894]

Why are we kidding ourselves I am sure all the soldiers in all wars are on something

[@sir4978]

Kinda Like how allies used Syrrete morphine.

[@cindysea5373]

Extremely interesting..Love the show.

[@MrMinisoda]

It was either DEATH or METH !! Wise choice

[@AleChemist23]

Methamphetamine wasn’t “a German creation”, the first synthesis of methamphetamine has been done by Nagai, from ephedrine, in 1893. Later in 1919 methamphetamine hydrochloride has been crystallized in its pure form by Akira Ogata.

[@g13flat]

If I remember correctly Pervetin (not sure I spelt that right) was put in the chocolate bars issued to German frontline troops as part of their rations.

[@convictednotconvinced]

Meth is not a german invention. It was first synthesised in Japan.

[@mishkosimonovski23]

Amphetamine was German invention, Meth was Japanese - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#History,_society,_and_culture

[@hectorgonzalez1432]

The same happens in the US

[@alfnoakes392]

Just read the book. Fascinating stuff, and well researched.

[@Arcticstar69]

Amphetamine was not considerered a drug, per cé...

[@j0nnyism]

Again complete ignorance it was not methamphetamine it was amphetamine sulphate

[@Keysame]

j0nnyism it seems that they used both amphetamines and methamphetamines

[@robertjohnson8990]

Smh sad that u beleive that

[@94SexyStang]

it was a stimulant

[@soupflood]

cocaine comes from the coca plant, indigenous to the South Murrica zone. One could imagine it has been used and abused since the dawn of humanity. Drugs abuse is just societys desperate way of attempting to cope with certain ugly realities of life. An interesting aspect of drug abuse is that once the stressful stimuli is removed from the consumers life (war, toxic relation, homelessness) most of them stop abusing it because of their association of the drug with that certain stressful situation.

[@joelmalone7922]

The Finnish army also had heroin pills and they continued to be in heavy use after the war for some time. Maybe it had to do with being softly annexed by Stalin.

[@thesocialistrepublicofbols6540]

That adds another thing about France in ww2

[@dagger_dick9741]

Dolophine is named after adolf and that’s what methadones chemical name is. Hitter took methadone til the day he died

[@tylerdebo2467]

She said speedball with experiential authority lol

[@cuntwrap1596]

Speedballs turn me into a pervitin

[@smilemor-phony5964]

Excellent book!

[@wylewuzma1546]

I’m here bc of Joe “ Have you seen hitler tweak?” Rogan

[@avgerinosx3135]

a moment of silence for those who believe that only the germans were taking drugs during the war.

[@annabell3385]

The "big irony" is also the same in the usa.

[@dominickmasonry3878]

Great book.

[@zoiek528]

I saw this book at one Amazon retail store, I leafed thru couple pages and then I was there standing reading it for an hour, I'm afraid I was "drugged" by this book(j/k)

[@MrPrush-ji4gs]

In the beginning of the war it was widely used for a few months and then after that it was used literally 50x less…

[@tinachandler3091]

It’s a very good book. Makes the war/tactics make even more sense

[@soulonice99]

If we could all get past our idealized imaginings of what status and authority should be, and admit people, ALL people, are messy.

[@popthatbeep]

And people in america want to legalize drugs in a land where guns is legal. Imagine how crazy it would be

[@martinrps13]

One thing I recently leaned: everyone is on ‘drugs’ of some sort

[@multidimensional_holographer]

WWII was a bad “trip” indeed.

[@94SexyStang]

Pilots are Still given them today in USA and abroad......it's no different than bodybuilders using steroids. It's part of the game.

[@deltaboy767]

No wonder that Whermarct soldier went for an hour.

[@treysiemers1316]

The anchors definitely speedball

[@MotherAmerica-ci1uu]

Mind blowing. I didn’t know about this 💪🏻💯🏗🏗🏗. Blitz. Must respect history

[@sole__doubt]

The woman anchor seems well versed in her drug facts... Perhaps she likes to party. :)

[@richardgoebel226]

Nah, she is a talking head. The producers of the show make sure they pump her full of factoids before she goes on air. Someone had read that book ahead of time to try and get the most "newsworthy" tidbits on the show.

[@sole__doubt]

@@richardgoebel226 I dunno. Her face lit up when she said speed ball. :)

[@user-tj3jy4vk5l]

is not the same thing happening in Russia now?

[@bh1567]

My platoon always had access to Adderall before patrols. I hate the stuff but from my observations it worked like a charm.

[@bobbill3003]

Funny that she used the term speed ball and knows what it is

[@rodrigomillan8483]

Both sides where doing drugs, the U.S. military was using drugs also

[@robsku1]

Even the Finnish army had Pervitin, but really, the methamphetamine use in Germany - and not only by the army, even housewives took amphetamines (usually in form of chocolate) - was pretty much one of a kind in the scale they used it. Also Hitler's personal use is a point of interest and is a significant part of history, because of how much it would had to affect his decisions, especially in the later half of his reign.

[@lilnuuke7324]

“how did Hitler come into contact with these drugs?” .. his plug??

[@urbanfidler6702]

Morphine is a drug too

[@---qw5nb]

I think of ww2 zombies.....

[@stevemonroe6625]

Madeline Ngeth ok

[@brandonlozano7158]

Woah really?

[@wesleybeet9010]

U can buy the old ration packs that had the amphetamine in but most of it's been took out by people lol

[@subtropicalpermaculture]

Meth heads lose their teeth . Almost immediately . Couldn't have been that bad .

[@upstateshenanigans430]

France wasn't expecting the nazis to arrive for weeks but they arrived in days, the drugs played a huge part in that because they didn't stop to rest at all, continuously pushed through. France made some huge mistakes and passed up a chance to end the war in just days.

[@suryakhan9265]

drugs and comb will not tidy up his hair definitely

[@salvadorprado3175]

Isn’t he the singer of muse?

[@octaviorivera6921]

Speedball n a energy drink to wash down no problem

[@johncontos8596]

The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is sometimes referred to as a Soviet satellite,[6][7] though it broke from Soviet orbit in the 1948 Tito-Stalin split, with the Cominform offices being moved from Belgrade to Bucharest, and Yugoslavia subsequently formed the Non-Aligned Movement. The People's Socialist Republic of Albania, under the leadership of Stalinist Enver Hoxha, broke ties with the Soviet Union the 1960 Soviet-Albanian split following the Soviet de-Stalinization process.[10] These countries were, at least between 1945 and 1948, all members of the Eastern Bl

[@Hittlinho]

John Contos Ah okey, so you say I shouldnt wash it down with energy drink?

[@marioreds7826]

They should not act surprised... i'm fairly sure they know why Coca cola is called like that.

[@fy4370]

its still a massive epidemic today in germany it gets worse every day you can buy it at every street corner

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

They had to be on drugs in order to do such horrendous acts.

[@rexyumul1910]

Thank You for finally telling the truth

[@fungi42021]

this isn't new information

[@BobMonty99]

Same tablets were given to every American soldier

[@nickyclifeishell3661]

No surprise- I’m attached to a super soldier from Iraq- big / huge man and unstoppable

[@vekijem]

4:30 this is why

[@fabiosunspot1112]

That is true, but all army's fighting in ww2 was using drugs...

[@hans414]

20mg very high dose? lol... thats NOTHING 500mg+ high dosages

[@noutram1000]

It's not being 'abused' in the US, its being handed out like candy...

[@2.3_44XD--]

Most of the war machinery built in Switzerland. First it had the swiss white cross. Later when they wanted not to be seen part of the evil the swiss told the germans to draw a black stripe in the centre of the cross

[@dannyr5358]

Speedball she's on it

[@theedge5584]

Well duh

[@loloLolo-vz6wx]

Well I'll be ...dah...

[@HandleThisSelection2]

I just came here to hear his cool Hitler story.

[@hectorgonzalez1432]

Vicodine, Oxicodina prozac

[@brandonlamontcooper8141]

Hello I'm BrandonLaMontCooper

[@tulsatombob2769]

4:15 Listen to the hostess chime in "SPEEDBALL"!!! I DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD HAVE THAT MUCH STREET CRED. LOL!

[@andrewporter4636]

Tulsatom Bob Absolutely that young lady was to enthusiastic ,she's gotten high & she liked it !!

[@Versac3e]

@@mcredsox16 fascinaitng how one can assume so much form a simple word.

[@eriksaucedo1814]

I wouldn't be surprised

[@lukegaming86]

The author should know that meth amphetamine was actually first synthesized in Japan, not Germany

[@alaricaguila9022]

Orgullo Aleman!

[@robertthompson3941]

Blitzcreage?

[@tarzeesays1201]

Meth lowers empathy so go figure how it was also used by the S.S.

[@Jaysann22]

It CAN lower said inhibitions but it doesn't cause it in everyone. Methamphetamine is used by over 40 MILLION people a year worldwide. Most abusers of the drug simply do harm to themselves and less to others. If it was a drug that simply just made people "evil" then that's enough people we'd have mass assaults and murders in insane numbers everywhere.

[@geechyguy3441]

WW2 was lit man.

[@sole__doubt]

@Lelo Stimulous Nope, thats a myth my friend.

[@sole__doubt]

​@Lelo Stimulous If sober life works for you, I'm happy to hear it. Its not for me though. FYI theres no such thing as a former addict. Once an addict always an addict.

[@79Lexxus]

@Lelo Stimulous tweakers pale in comparison to alcoholics. Alcohol is BY FAR the most violent drug. Its involved in something like 50% of murders

[@thenoorer]

One question: why the superior race needs drugs. Isn't it supreme?

[@24hoursago3]

both sides

[@floozyrick]

Chocolate meth?

[@nobhill1991]

Look up Thalidomide

[@bestrong1240]

Norman looks like he just slammed a big old hit

[@captainkev10]

Conan O'Brien brought me here

[@rodrigomillan8483]

That is how the U.S. is , the cost gard go after drugs boats , but coke is used highley in the military , ferternties greek mason jews love to smoke weed, but weed is illegal in most states also. I believe all drugs should be legal .

[@Nathan-lj2cj]

It was invented from what I understand in Japan actually. Who's fact checking our "news" sources anymore?

[@ABs70nova]

These guys got hooked up big time