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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Answer 1

The US Army complained it was too easy to wash off, i.e. that sufficient injury wasn’t being caused, so Monsanto made it stickier, just for them.