[Romanulus]

I think you're on the right track... From what I've heard as well was that in the later stages of the war, the army largely marched on a stomach full of meth (so to speak). Facts like those could bolster the rumor mill in propping up semi-gossip style information.

I did also have a history professor say that Hitler actually went blind for a couple of days when he heard that the Americans landed on European shores.