Eli5: What made Napalm so useful as a weapon of war and what were some of the drawbacks of its use in warfare?

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Eli5: What made Napalm so useful as a weapon of war and what were some of the drawbacks of its use in warfare?

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It ruins any sort of position an enemy has, they have to leave as it sticks to everything it touches… it requires full air superiority so it is quite rare in conventional warfare…