It is likely Hitlers biggest mistake was injecting Crystal Meth daily. He was a meth addict and this is likely the reasoning behind his biggest mistakes. Hitler showed clear thinking and planning at the beginning of the war. As his addiction increased, his judgement and decision making went down hill. He became agitated and had no patience. This is what likely lead to him not listening to his generals and opening up the war on multiple fronts without a clear plan.
20 years ago in my University course on WW2 history. The professor told us that Hitler's Meth addiction likely played a big role his poor decision making the last 2 years of the war. I have heard very little about this until this thread reminded me. A quick search and it seams to have some truth to it.
Quoted from wiki on meth:
"One of the earliest uses of methamphetamine was during World War II, when it was used by Axis and Allied forces.[93] .............. More than 35 million three-milligram doses of Pervitin and the closely related Isophan were manufactured for the German army and air force between April and July 1940.[96] From 1942 until his death in 1945, Adolf Hitler may have been given intravenous injections of methamphetamine by his personal physician Theodor Morell."
Quoted from amphetamines.com-
"From 1942, the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler received daily injections of methamphetamine from his personal physician, Dr Theodor Morell. The Führer was also familiar with cocaine. Hitler's ailments have been attributed to everything from tertiary syphilis to Parkinson's disease. But many of The Führer's clinical signs and symptoms may have been caused by his exotic drug regimen."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hzQCvYj6o
Last edited by powder_8s; 09-23-2012 at 02:04 AM.