{"product_id":"blitzed-by-norman-ohler-9780141983165","title":"Blitzed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sensational account of the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich - from Hitler and his entourage to ordinary troops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nazis styled themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs—cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth. These substances were used by everyone from factory workers to housewives and were crucial to troops' resilience, even partly explaining German victory in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e forms a crucial missing piece of the story of WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491930427628,"sku":"9780141983165","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14633633482238.jpg?v=1748412539","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/blitzed-by-norman-ohler-9780141983165","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}