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that's exactly the one I just saw a documentary the other day about it!
What documentary was it? It's the first I've about high casualty rates due to amphetamine use, and El-Alamein was supposed to be a fairly successful battle for the Allies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4CbHMZrps
It is a French YouTuber, the title is "The dark History of drugs"