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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Sticky fire.

Imagine being tarred and feathered, where you can’t get it off of you easily, and the tar was on fire. You’d definitely have a bad day. It was effective in that it would eliminate enemies pretty easily.

Drawbacks would be lighting yourself for one thing.

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