Why did the Wehrmacht seem unstoppable in 1941? Was Germany’s lightning war just about tanks, or did something more sinister supercharge their onslaught? In this episode, we shatter myths about the Nazi war machine, revealing how defeat in WWI drove relentless innovation—from revolutionary armored tactics to hardware designed to outclass their foes. But beneath all the organizational genius and battlefield iron was a chemical secret: "Panzer Chocolate".

Join us as we dig into how amphetamines like Pervitin helped fuel the Wehrmacht’s furious advance into the Soviet Union—turning elite divisions into sleepless, euphoric shock troops on borrowed time. History seldom asks: How much Blitzkrieg was brute force, and how much was a high?

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