These options required the pilots to be very precise because they only had a fraction of a second to hit their target.

They were discarded because they were considered complicated.

But as the Leonidis unit’s first engagement drew near, the pilot’s will began to waver, and the Nazi authorities decided to use a strategy of mental conditioning to prepare them for battle.

To achieve this, they used every drug available, pervatine, cocaine, opiates, everything except digs.

They were also pied with alcohol, urged to sing patriotic or combat songs, and shown parades.

The Leonida squadron loaded their coffin planes up to their necks in stimulants.

They were even given a last supper during which they enjoyed an alakart bank.

The target coordinates were given to them by radio once they were airborne.

A military march enlivened their flight interrupted only by a message reminding them to think of the women and children crushed beneath the ruins.

The plane’s radio repeated in their ears through their headphones, “You are nothing.

The people are everything.

” April 7th, 1945 was the day chosen for the first attack.

Although only 180 fighters were mobilized to fight a force of 1,300 bombers and 800 escort fighters heading for Dissau, the war was virtually lost, and there was little chance of changing the outcome.

Once airborne, they had to spot their targets and position themselves above them like a shark that has located its prey.

Then all they had to do was push forward on the rudder stick of their 2,700 kg ME 109s and dive into the Allied formation.

Hinrich Henle was responsible for launching the successful attack, shooting down the lead bomber and killing eight of the 11 crew members.

He even had time to bail out before his messes disintegrated.

Following Henkle, other kamicazis rammed the B-24’s tail first at over 650 km per hour using their propellers and wings like chainsaws.

In theory, this was the most effective method of destroying an enemy aircraft because the shots fired by the Flying Fortress gunners could not break the impact.

But after 45 minutes of battle, the results were not what they had hoped for.

Of the 180 pilots who took off to carry out the operation, about 60 returned to base due to mechanical problems, and an estimated 47 were shot down by the Americans before reaching their targets.

Only a few were successful.

Although whether or not the planes returned to base was unimportant, some of the kamicazis, like Henkle, survived because several of the impacts were not total, but simply severed the wings of the bombers, also losing the wings of their planes.

Since the central structure, where the cockpit was located in the fighters was unharmed, several pilots had time to bail out and parachute to the ground.

The strategic victory that Colonel Herman sought was nothing more than an illusion.

Despite this, the US Air Force concealed what had happened and never wanted to admit that the collisions had been intentional.

It feared that panic would spread among its pilots and decided to cover up the events.

Published reports of these incidents attributed the attacks to the inexperience or death of the German pilots.

In contrast, in Nazi Germany, propaganda turned the pilots who made up that death squadron into legendary heroes.

Gobles wrote in his diary that the success of the mission was not as desired.

Our planes have not achieved the end one would have liked, but we must not forget that this is only the first attempt and that we must continue to perfect the experiment.

However, as far as is known, a similar mission against bombers was never repeated.

The doped kingdom, Adolf Hitler’s shocking drug addiction.

Over the years, Adolf Hitler has been portrayed as a healthy man who followed a vegetarian diet and maintained extremely high standards of healthcare.

However, another story has delved into the myth of the Furer’s impeccable health and explored the possible illnesses, both physical and psychological, that plagued the leader of Nazi Germany throughout his life.

In fact, Adolf Hitler’s psychopathology can be identified as a branch in itself within World War II studies, as can research on Parkinson’s, drug addiction, and other problems that the greatest exponent of national socialism faced during his later years.

The truth is that when we talk about Hitler and his health, there are many historical, medical, and psychiatric debates that contradict each other and offer every possibility of the spectrum.

From the idea that the Furer enjoyed excellent health throughout his life, to those who claim he was a profoundly sick individual, even suffering from bipolar disorder or psychopathy, and that he survived daily on cocaine, methamphetamines, and even horse semen.

Of course, this topic is fertile ground for all kinds of theories since while there is evidence of some facts related to the treatments Hitler received, the vast majority of the medical reports he received, especially after 1933, were destroyed by the Nazis.

The fact that the Furer’s health was a state secret in itself fuels the idea that the genocidair was not, as his supporters claimed, the very image of health.

But we’ll start with the lighter side, the physical problems Hitler may have had, and later we’ll delve into the psychopathological studies that suggest specific conditions such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

In his youth until World War I, Hitler did not present any particular physical problems other than a very poor diet, which he later changed to a strictly vegetarian diet, in addition to a certain flaxidity resulting from little physical exercise, a product of young Adolf’s interest in sedentary lifestyles
and art.

The only rumor that existed is that he suffered from monoridism, that is, that he had only one genital.

However, these claims would later be denied by the Furer’s own doctor after World War II, who when questioned by the Americans, claimed that the leader scrotum was in perfect condition.

Curiously, one of the few surviving medical records of Adolf Hitler, which were used to confirm that the remains found by the Soviets outside the chancellory belong to him, are dental records, especially X-rays.

This was because the Furer had
an extreme sweet tooth and loved eating sweets.

Several witnesses stated more than once that the genocidair would skip his lunch, but then devour several slices of cake in just a few bites.

Of course, this led to constant tooth decay, which is why his dental care was strict until the last day of his life.

There were also documents suggesting that Hitler had contracted syphilis sometime between the end of the first world war and his assumption of office as chancellor of Germany, a disease he carried asymptomatically until 1937 when
he consulted his doctor due to the onset of some malaise.

Insomnia, constant headaches, and dizziness plagued the Furer’s adult life, according to Dr.

Felix Kirsten, who claimed that a 27-page report on the subject existed, but that it was covered up and destroyed by Martin Borman, head of the Nazi party.

This was because syphilis was a disease commonly associated with slums, prostitutes, and drug addicts or drunks.

So, associations with Hitler were avoided at all costs.

Although it is impossible to confirm or deny the existence of syphilis, it is certain that the Furer did have a close relationship with drugs.

The only one for which there is any evidence was pervatin, a methamphetamine widely used in Germany and produced by the state itself, which distributed it to Nazi soldiers and officers.

At that time, of course, methamphetamines were not illegal.

They had only recently been discovered, and they were taken as tonics to strengthen the body and relieve pain.

Although they became extremely addictive due to the chemical dependency they generated.

Another controversial figure in Hitler’s life was Dr.

Teoddor Morell, the personal physician who treated the furer until his suicide.

Helman Guring, leader of the Luftvafer, called Morell Chancellor Needle, as he believed the doctor had a particular fondness for prescribing drugs, vitamins, and injections in excessive quantities.

There are rumors that Morell injected bullsemen into Adolf Hitler in order to eliminate the furer’s body fatigue.

The doctor quickly became famous throughout Germany for his alternative treatments and he also promoted cocaine as a paliotative for the most common ailments.

Although Hitler recommended his personal physician to the entire Nazi party leadership, no one wanted to see Morell due to his fame and poor personal hygiene.

However, there is much debate about whether it was Morell’s treatments or a neurological issue that led to Hitler’s health deteriorating dramatically from 1944 onwards, a period from which videos still survive in which the furer shows signs of Parkinson’s disease.

The truth is that the genocide’s mental health is a topic of study in itself and has generated hundreds of psychiatric papers from 1945 to the present.

Many professionals have asserted that Hitler suffered from mental illness from a young age.

Some have proposed those that generate personality disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or hysteria.

These hypotheses stem from the fact that the Nazi leader possessed at times tremendous energy charged with violence, for example, when giving his speeches, while on the other hand, in interpersonal relationships or with his loved ones, he came across as a very calm, pleasant, and even sweet person.

Opponents of these theories argue that Hitler’s behavior was a lesson he learned from dictator Benito Mussolini, who during his public statements presented himself almost like an opera actor shouting at the top of his lungs and gesticulating with his entire body.

In fact, there are documentary photographs that have captured Hitler in front of a mirror, rehearsing the gestures he would make during his speeches with lighting and wardrobe tests.

Some philosophers have also pointed out that Hitler was not insane, but rather committed evil with reason.

That is, despite being a person with the same mental health as anyone else, he simply chose the path of cruelty.

What is undeniable is that Hitler did suffer from megalomania, which is defined as a personality disorder characterized by ideas of grandeur such that a person may lie, manipulate, or exaggerate situations or people in order to achieve his goals.

This not only influenced the way the furer spoke or his calling his government the third kingdom or his construction of ferionic weapons the size of four-story buildings but his plans to rebuild Berlin in the image and likeness of Julius Caesar’s Rome with his palace as the center of the city demonstrated that he saw himself not only as a leader but as a figure close to a god.

Guring’s terrible morphine addiction.

In 1945, as the remnants of Nazi Germany collapsed in the final days of World War II in Europe, Herman Guring surrendered to the Allied forces.

Hitler’s right-hand man, a man who had wielded almost unlimited power for the past 12 years, carried with him 49 suitcases stuffed with looted artwork and treasures.

Among Guring’s possessions were two suitcases containing more than 20,000 paricodine pills, an opierived antihistamine with pain relieving effects.

Guring had a well-known history of debilitating morphine addiction that had forced his involuntary internment several decades earlier.

This combined with other Nazis dismissal of him as a slave to his addiction has made it easy for both contemporaries and historians to dismiss Guring as a drug addict.

Guring’s earliest memory was hitting his mother in the face with both fists when she came to embrace him after an extended absence at the age of three.

Decades later, he still laughed at the memory when he recounted the story to Dr.

GM Gilbert, his assigned prison psychologist during the Neuremberg trials.

This heady cocktail of natural aggression and exuberance would define him for the rest of his life, particularly as he developed a passion for things military and warlike from a very early age.

As a teenager, he developed a rich and vivid fantasy life which sometimes blurred the distinctions between reality and fantasy.

He often had extremely powerful visions of castles coming alive with medieval figures, of Roman chariots tearing through the landscapes.

And perhaps from this he developed a kind of insensitivity to danger.

On two separate occasions during his teenage years, he came close to death.

Once due to an impending avalanche and once due to a fall on a rowboat, but he never gave them any thought.

Guring not believing that any harm could come to him as if he were supernaturally protected from death.

When World War I broke out in 1914, he was sent to the Western Front as a left tenant in an infantry regiment.

Eager for glory, he became a pilot, first in a reconnaissance plane, becoming the first German aviator to carry a machine gun in an aircraft and then a fighter pilot in October 1915.

He was a talented, virtuoso, and daring pilot, which enabled him to shoot down 28 other aircraft during the war.

Although he received a severe hip wound in an engagement that left 60 bullet holes in his plane and forced him out of service for almost a full year, he returned to action as soon as he could.

In 1918, he was awarded the poor La Merit, the highest military award the German Empire could bestow, not for any single act of exceptional bravery, but for sustained courage in action.

Shortly thereafter, he was placed in command of the personal squadron of Manfred von Richtoen, the legendary Red Baron, after the famous German ace was killed in action.

World War I had given Guring the highest prestige his nation could bestow on a military officer, and perhaps that was why he reacted so violently to its end.

When he learned of the armistice of November 11th, 1918, he angrily ordered his squadron to crash land as many aircraft as possible to prevent them from falling into the hands of the triple on taunt and darkly promised his fellow officers, “Our time will come again.

” And he returned sooner than he expected because Guring met Hitler in the interwar period and participated in the creation of the National Socialist Party.

After World War II, Guring claimed that he was not drawn to the party because of Hitler in particular, but because he saw a great future in the small party and believed he could become an important politician through it.

Indeed, he had previously attempted to form his own revolutionary party, but found he lacked the talent for it, suggesting that he joined the Nazi party largely for his own advancement.

For his part, Hitler was delighted that the famous war hero was joining the Nazi ranks.

Almost immediately, Guring was promoted to the highest echelons of the party and placed in command of the Sturmab Tailong, a voluntary paramilitary organization of young men trained and committed to the use of violence, whose mission was to make the party master of the streets.

By late 1923, Hitler was growing impatient.

Certain that the local Bavarian government was weak and vulnerable, the Nazi party attempted a quick, sloppy, and melodramatic coup at the Burger Brokeella beer hall in Munich.

With Guring, the rest of the Nazi leadership, and 3,000 SA stormtroopers, Hitler marched on the Munich War Ministry on November 8th, 1923.

Violence soon erupted as stormtroopers and local police exchanged gunfire.

And in the altercation, Gurring, marching at the head of the mob, was shot.

As chaos erupted in the streets and blood spurted from Guring’s wound, he was dragged to a furniture store where the wife of the Jewish owner helped treat his injuries.

From there, the Nazis smuggled him to the clinic of Professor Alvin Ritter von Ak where his wound was cleaned and bandaged.

Several days later, with Hitler apprehended by the police, Guring and his wife crossed the border into Austria.

3 weeks after his injury, Guring, a fugitive with few resources, was still not receiving adequate care.

His wife eventually took him to a hospital in Innsbrook where he underwent multiple operations to remove bullet fragments, removed dirt from the street embedded in his thigh muscles, and drain the horrific amount of pus present in the wound.

Nevertheless, Guring suffered excruciating pain, which practically made it impossible for him to live peacefully.

It was at this point that his doctors prescribed two daily injections of morphine for the pain and fever.

Despite being given morphine every day, the pain persisted.

Guring was eventually discharged from Innsbrook Hospital, but by then he appeared to have developed a morphine dependency.

When he fled to Italy shortly afterward, he was observed to be supporting himself with morphine.

During this time, his wound did not heal properly and he walked with a noticeable limp.

From 1924 to 1925, Guring lost his youthful physique and began to develop the weight that would later characterize him.

By 1925, his doctor was shocked to discover that the former war hero had the body of an old man, fat, pale, and white.

Guring injected himself with morphine daily, and by that summer had developed the worst symptoms of the side effects, with occasional outbreaks of violence and disconnection from reality.

He looked horrible.

The elegantly handsome young officer of 1918 had become a pale, puffy-faced invalid.

The daily drug injections had made him listless and sickly looking.

In the autumn of that year, while under observation in a hospital, he violently attacked a nurse who refused to give him morphine.

After this, he was committed to the Langro Institute for the Cure of Nervous Diseases in Sweden and confined to a padded cell for 3 days.

Guring’s relapse when the Luftvafa chief lost himself in drug abuse.

Although some sources claimed that this initial visit was enough for Guring to kick his morphine addiction by 1926 and his doctor even granted him a certificate of sanity on October 7th, 1925.

This does not appear to have been the case.

Guring had to return to Langro several times to treat his addiction.

His last visit being in 1927.

By then, he seemed to have largely, if not completely, been cured of his morphine addiction, evidenced by his improving relationships with his family and by his re-entry into Nazi politics thanks to President von Hindenberg granting him an amnesty for his involvement in the beerhole push.

Decades later, during the Nuremberg trials, Guring would admit to his psychiatrist that he had taken small doses of morphine for a very severe sore throat two years later in 1929, but denied that this was related to his previous addiction.

Once he was able to
return to Germany safely, Guring quickly reestablished contact with Hitler.

After winning a seat in the Reichag in 1928, he established himself as the public face of the Nazi party, known both as the Salon Nazi and Hitler’s ambassador.

The following year, as the Nazi party’s political power grew exponentially, Guring was elected president of the Reichag, an incredible triumph for the man who only 7 years earlier had been confined to a straight jacket.

With such extraordinary economic powers at his disposal, the health of the second man in the Reich began to deteriorate.

The period between 1937 and 1938, as the spectre of war loomed on the horizon, was especially difficult.

It was in this chaotic atmosphere that disaster struck.

In the frenetic days of 1937, while in the sauna, Guring received an important phone call from Hitler.

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