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Why napalm important to World War 2?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It wasn't. Napalm wasn't used in WW2- though a jellied gasoline mixture, using latex was used until the Japanese overran all the rubber plantations. This led to the development of napalm by the Du Pont corporation, which was then used in the Vietnam War.

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Naplam was developed in 1942 used during World War 2:

  • in flame throwers as an antipersonel weapon
  • on 40% of targetted Japanese cities
  • on hardened Japanese sites
  • on raids on the European front

The advantages were to replace short supplies of thermite and to provide penetration in protected sites.

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