Might be a dumb question but,was napalm only used in Viet Nam?

Answer 1

Nope, and it isn't a pretty death. Often you suffocate as it uses all the oxygen!

It was also used in Iraq by the US though it is a banned weapon!

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The Independent August 10, 2003

US admits it used napalm bombs in Iraq

In-Depth Coverage By Andrew Buncombe

American pilots dropped the controversial incendiary agent napalm on Iraqi troops during the advance on Baghdad. The attacks caused massive fireballs that obliterated several Iraqi positions.

The Pentagon denied using napalm at the time, but Marine pilots and their commanders have confirmed that they used an upgraded version of the weapon against dug-in positions. They said napalm, which has a distinctive smell, was used because of its psychological effect on an enemy.

A 1980 UN convention banned the use against civilian targets of napalm, a terrifying mixture of jet fuel and polystyrene that sticks to skin as it burns. The US, which did not sign the treaty, is one of the few countries that makes use of the weapon. It was employed notoriously against both civilian and military targets in the Vietnam war.

The upgraded weapon, which uses kerosene rather than petrol, was used in March and April, when dozens of napalm bombs were dropped near bridges over the Saddam Canal and the Tigris river, south of Baghdad.

"We napalmed both those [bridge] approaches," said Colonel James Alles, commander of Marine Air Group 11. "Unfortunately there were people there ... you could see them in the [cockpit] video. They were Iraqi soldiers. It's no great way to die. The generals love napalm. It has a big psychological effect."

A reporter from the Sydney Morning Herald who witnessed another napalm attack on 21 March on an Iraqi observation post at Safwan Hill, close to the Kuwaiti border, wrote the following day: "Safwan Hill went up in a huge fireball and the observation post was obliterated. 'I pity anyone who is in there,' a Marine sergeant said. 'We told them to surrender.'"

At the time, the Pentagon insisted the report was untrue. "We completed destruction of our last batch of napalm on 4 April, 2001," it said.

The revelation that napalm was used in the war against Iraq, while the Pentagon denied it, has outraged opponents of the war.

Answer 2

Naptha was a also known as "Greek Fire" and was used at sea in ancient Greece. This has been around in various forms for literally thousands of years.

Ethiopa even used napalm on targets in Eritrea during the 30 year civil war there. Napalm and is cheap and easy to use. I could give you a thousand examples besides Vietnam.

Answer 3

*cough* still used *cough* Only on a paper doe sit say banned, they do still use napalm. its a quick and easy to make burning agent and is used so often for specific jobs, WW2 was the birth spot for military use napalms, used heavily in Vietnam yes but still being used.

Answer 4

No. Napalm was invented in WW2. It was used in flame throwers to increase their effectiveness and was dropped in the form of bombs by attack aircraft. It was also used extensively in the Korean war.

Answer 5

To my knowledge yes! After vietnam, napalm and flamethrowers were considered cruel and unusual via the geneva convention.

Answer 6

No. It was used in WW II, espically in the Pacific against the Japanese and in the Korean War.

Answer 7

no. it was used in the WW2, in Korea, in Vietnam.
it was the best area affecting weapon of B26, A26 B25, P47, A1skyraider, F4U corsair, and plenty of jets.

Answer 8

No I personally saw it used in Oklahoma!

(Fort Sill)

Answer 9

What about WWII, and the Korean War?

Answer 10

no , in iraq too !
oh..and in Lebanon and palestine by the Israeli army.