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Clip: Season 17 Episode 5 | 3m 17s
Historian James Holland and his team attempt to walk 22 miles wearing 60 pounds of equipment just as the Nazi army did in the blitzkrieg sieges of WWII. But can they do it without the aid of amphetamines?
Aired: 06/25/19
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Follow historian James Holland as he unearths the truth about amphetamine use in World War
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