Weren't a lot of Kamikaze pilots on methamphetamine? - #OOTF #shorts

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[WorldWarTwo]

This question comes from quite a few different people, thank you to everyone who asked!

[razeel]

Not "War on Drugs!", but "War, on Drugs!".

[yeah]

"Energy I need to try that wartime japanese Four Loko

[andrewklang]

Uppers, cigarettes, booze. Heroin even, for the wounded. If you're facing death (or boredom, the other inevitability), anything that could make you feel better would have been irresistible. I don't blame any soldier, sailor or airman who grew dependent on this stuff. War destroys from the inside as much as from without. Probably doesn't help if you were ordered to take them.

[magoshighlands]

Benzidrine Sulfate stocks for the Royal Navy are what started the Speed epidemic in Britiain in the 60s and even nowadays they're still called "Bennies" as one slang name

[Lord.Kiltridge]

In his book The Greatest Air Battle: Dieppe, 19th August 1942, Norman L. R. Franks tells of a pilot who ended up in the water off the French coast. After scrambling into a one man raft, he took _all_ his 'pep' pills and determined to row across the channel. A landing craft returning from the beach saw him frantically paddling in circles and picked him up. He was returned to his squadron later that same day where they took shifts 'minding' him until he could come down. He collapsed with a thud. Falling asleep mid sentence, after about 24 hours.

[questionmark]

With Wojtek, the bear helping to move 25 pounder ammo crates closer to the guns in Italy, I can imagine a German forward observer struggling to stay awake and taking sone pervitin then seeing the bear and reporting back that the Poles have trained bears in artilery! Then, getting sent to the eastern front.

[alastairward]

Post war there were enough supplies of meth lying around Japan that it became a problem in civilian society and was associated with some brutal murders.

Japan is the only Asian country where an opiate isn't the most used narcotic.

[joeavent]

Former AD-2 during early 80s: guys that served on carriers during the Vietnam War told me of flightdeck crews being issued speed for 36 to 48 plus hour shifts.

[jamesboyle]

I remember a story my grandfather once told me about a truck driver when he was in the Army. This guy apparently took about a fistful of benzedrine tablets before a long convoy drive; he drove like a man possessed for the entire three days, went back to his barracks, and immediately crashed out on his bed. They couldn't wake him for two whole days!

[MrHusker]

I always wondered when hearing all the stories about substance abuse during the war, if there was any serious withdrawal issues after the war, like did the occupation administration have to deal with bunch of junkies roaming the streets?

[SmilingIbis]

I think some of this info goes back to a special episode of WW II called "High Hitler"

[akizeta]

Wasn't there a Finnish soldier cut off by the Russian advance in WWII who scoffed down an entire squad's worth of meth and fought his way over hundreds of kilometres to get back to his own lines?

[죽은_시민의_사회]

Due to this, methamphetamine in Korean is still referred to as Philopon. Sort of like how permanent markers are called Sharpies in some countries

[Weeboslav]

Recently I've watch video about a Finn, the first case of OD on meth during combat. Dude was on a trip to Narnia and Middle Earth for solid 2 weeks...

[rmbflk]

Philopon in recreational use is mentioned in the Ian Fleming novel Moonraker: James Bond is described reading a report on it being used as a "murder drug"
(Ironic, given Bond's own use of benzedrine in the same novel)

[ERY_MX]

I’ve heard about fent lollipops for severe injuries in the military

[khyr]

The 2024 USA Military meth is called "ProVigil", , to make you "Vigilant" on your patrol or checkpoint. Made one camoflauged operator crap himself just before "Taliban time" in the morning.

[alperkaanbilir]

Lots of American pilots flew their planes right into the sea on low altitude missions, especially in the Aleutian Campaign. Tilting the plane's nose by a mere 6 degrees meant losing 11 meters of altitude a second. Getting sleepy for 2-3 seconds was all it took to crash. So... stimulants.

[JusEd]

This guy's shoulders get broader with each video.