&gt; I&#x27;m a little leery of articles like this that are so demonizing<p>Particularly when the article avoids comparison to either modern military drug usage, or allied military drug disbursement at the time. &quot;British troops used 72 million amphetamine tablets in the second world war and the RAF used so many that &quot;Methedrine won the Battle of Britain&quot; according to one report.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alertness" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alertness</a>