• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Honestly, based on the results it had on the Eastern Front, I think Russians attempting the same would probably be a huge gift to Ukraine.

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            3 days ago

            It did initially, but keeping people awake for days turned out to be counterproductive as a standard procedure, so they dialed it back a lot.

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              3 days ago

              It also the beginning of the better living through chemicals era. Which I kinda think was a backlash to the prohibition of the 30s, just delayed by WW2 a bit.

              Also drug company capitalism though.