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 was horrifically effective in setting stuff on fire and keeping it on fire. It was easy to deploy. The drawbacks are that it is evil to set people on fire intentionally, which was one of it’s main effects