February 6

Berlin, Germany • February 6, 1941 During the German invasion of France in 1940, an am­bi­tious general named Erwin Rommel distin­guished him­self as the “lead from the front” com­mander of the 7th Pan­zer Divi­sion. Disre­garding the per­form­ance-enhancing effects of his con­sump­tion of Army-issued Pervitin, a meth­am­phet­a­mine soldiers dubbed “Panzer Schoko­lade,” Rommel was a dare­devil by…

Berlin, Germany • February 6, 1941 During the German invasion of France in 1940, an am­bi­tious general named Erwin Rommel distin­guished him­self as the “lead from the front” com­mander of the 7th Pan­zer Divi­sion. Disre­garding the per­form­ance-enhancing effects of his con­sump­tion of Army-issued Pervitin, a meth­am­phet­a­mine soldiers dubbed “Panzer Schoko­lade,” Rommel was a dare­devil by…