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Mr. Luddite

On 4/10/2017 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:48:56 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

The main reason LeMay started using napalm on Japan was because he was
running out of conventional bombs.

I have never heard that one. If anything he was running out of
targets. When you are dealing with cities made from paper and wood,
fire is a better weapon than explosives.

Read about the use of napalm in WWII on Wiki.

"Then, when the U.S. Army Air Forces on the Marianas Islands ran out of
conventional thermite incendiary bombs for their B-29 Superfortresses to
drop on Japanese cities, its top commanders, such as General Curtis
LeMay, turned to napalm bombs to continue fire raids on the large
Japanese cities.[15]"