Explanation: The Nazis used high doses of amphetamines and especially methamphetamine to give their soldiers 'staying power' in the field, part of why they overran France - some Nazi tankers were driving and fighting for a week straight without sleep or rest. Lower doses of extended release amphetamines are used in the modern day to treat ADHD. One imagines the occasional lone guy with ADHD and a pervitin pill was sitting under a tree and rethinking some life choices instead.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

driving and fighting for a week straight without sleep or rest.

Holy crap I was gonna ask if this was literally possible but...yeah...I guess so!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

I'm still surprised there weren't more accounts of them losing their minds. A week without sleep? That's terrifying to think about.

Sidenote: Weird seeing this after I only learned about the "Russian Sleep Experiment" creepypasta like a month ago. Lol

[–] radical_larry@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

They did things. Being awake for long on amphetamines is probably a factor. There is a reason (at least) the west uses modafinil instead of amphetamines now.

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