How much of the early WWII German success can be tributed to Pervitin?

by lordnickefa

I watched a documentary that implied that pre-1941 Blitzkrieg was as successful as it was due to the fact that German soldiers did not sleep and were basically tweekers with guns and tanks. Is this true?

mikedash

The question of German use of amphetamines in the Second World War has been popular since the publication of a recent – much exaggerated – book on the topic. There is always more to be said, of course, but you might like to review these earlier discussions of the same topic, both led by u/commiespaceinvader, while you are waiting for fresh responses to your query:

Documentary claimed Nazi soldiers were hooked on methamphetamine's to make them feel invincible in the face of battle. How true was the level of use among soldiers, and who or what types of soldiers was the use more rampant if at all?

"Hitler was a gibbering super junkie, whose veins collapsed after thousands of injections..." These are historian, Norman Ohler's words. I doubt they're at all true but humour me. How prevalent was recreational drug use amongst the German people and the Nazi elite?