Blitzed by Norman Ohler

Hello my lovely readers!

I actually finished this book last year, but am finally getting around to reviewing it. I checked it out from the library, but then also listened to it on Audible. Books in any form, am I right? Let's get into it!

SYNOPSIS
Author Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic world of drug use in the Third Reich.  Readers delve into the world of the entire Nazi regime that was permeated with drugs - cocaine, heroin, morphine and methamphetamines, the last of these crucial to troops' resilience and partly explaining German victory in 1940. Ohler is explicit that drugs cannot explain Third Reich ideology, but their promiscuous use impaired and confused decision-making, with drastic effects on Hitler and his entourage, who, as the war turned against Germany, took refuge in ever more poorly understood cocktails of stimulants. This chemical euphoria changes how we should think about the Nazi high command and its ability to understand the situation it found itself in by 1944-45. 

MY THOUGHTS

This book was fascinating and at times unbelievable (in a good way!). Ohler packed this book with facts and statistics but managed to not make it a snooze-fest. There's graphics, images and medical records that enhance the drug-fueled world of Hitler and the Nazis.

It was quite the eye-opener as well because I had no idea that Hitler, his soldiers and pretty much everyone in Nazi Germany were all high out of their mind. All the statements released in the past saying how fit Hitler was and how he was a vegetarian was completely false. This man was ingesting all sorts of animal byproducts and everything else in between.

I'm not a war or history buff in the slightest, but I do enjoy reading books about niche topics regarding war and the military, such as this one. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Great piece of nonfiction.