Did Hitlers soldiers use meth

Answer 1

This is an urban myth.

Methadone was, indeed, discovered in Germany - in the late 1930's. Two scientists, Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart, working for the large German chemicals conglomerate IG Farberindustrie at Hoechst-Am-Main, were exploring synthetic (man-made) compounds with a structure similar to Dolantin ®. This was an opioid analgesic discovered earlier at the same company (and later marketed as Pethidine ®, Demerol ®, and other brands).

There is no evidence that the discovery of methadone was specifically part of a Nazi-ordered attempt to replace opium supplies disrupted by the war. Methadone was first called "Hoechst 10820" and Bockmühl and Ehrhart filed a patent application in September 1941. The agent was later named Polamidon ® in Germany, and much later generically called methadone). Methadone was not effectively used as an analgesic during the war years, allegedly because the very high initial doses typically administered at that time produced intolerable side effects.

As part of the "spoils of war," the formula for Polamidon became available to other countries worldwide and was further tested and used for analgesia. It soon became generically known as methadone - or, "methadon" in some early publications - and was first manufactured in the United States by Mallinckrodt, Inc. Later, trade names in the U.S. included: Methadose ®* and Dolophine ®**. Many other brands of methadone have been developed in other countries through the years.

There is no truth to the myth that one of the early methadone brands - Dolophine - was named in honor of Adolf Hitler (or that the drug was called "Adolophine" in Germany, with the "A" being dropped after the war). In fact, the name, Dolophine, was originated at Eli Lilly & Co. in the U.S. long after the war, and was probably derived from the French dolor (pain) and fin (end). Although, some have claimed the "Dol-" portion came from dol, which is a unit measure of pain (derived from dolor), and "-ophine" was derived from morphine.

Answer 2

cyanide.

near the end of the war around early 1945, Hitler personally distributed cyanide to high ranking officers and staff members. his soldiers was then given pills in which were dangerously overdose and used when they are desperate.

these issued painkillers killed them naturally and usually among the winter months when they are mostly deteriorated

Additionally , the use of amphetamines helped propel the Wehrmacht along much to the amazement of the enemy generals who wondered at the German armies' speed and thus gave to the world the term BlitzKrieg meaning Lightning War . See link for further information regarding Blitzkrieg .

Answer 3

Yes, they did. And so did Hitler.