Napalm

They make a strong attack with engines ( catapults fro slinging large stones ) and arrows and they do not leave off fighting by day or by night, so that those in the fortress get no sleep; If they cannot capture it in this way they throw Greek fire (napalm); sometimes they even take the fat of people they kill and, melting it, throw it ( catapult ) it on to the houses,”. In another account he mentions that “ When they are in battle, if one or two or three or even more out of a group of ten run…

During the Vietnam War there were many tactics used by either side with varying degrees of success. One of the more distinct methods was the use of a very unconventional style of warfare used by the Vietnamese that was called guerrilla warfare. This baffled the Americans as they had never encountered this style before and were only used to the conventional style of warfare. The Vietcong was a very different enemy to any that the US had ever faced before and would challenge their fighting…

frequently used for propaganda against the United States military presences and support for the South Vietnamese forces. The Pulitzer Prize winning photo of Trang Bang, which depicted a group of children running from a napalm strike including one who was directly exposed to the flames of the napalm (Ut) ; was a widely circulated piece in which was a touchstone from the peace…

In the stirring speech “In Beyond Vietnam- a Time to Break Silence” Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. makes a compelling and tumultuous argument about the atrocities rampant across the Pacific Ocean; in spite of being criticized by many civil right leaders who thought it hurt their cause. King was ultimately able to advance the cause for social equality by drawing connections and correlations between the war in Vietnam and begging the question in regards to the war raging on the home front:…

One of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in American history, was the Vietnam War. Fighting in Vietnam continued for decades before the Americans eventually interfered. Between the neighboring Chinese and the colonial French, the Vietnamese have continuously fought off foreigners with tenacity and fearlessness. Over 3 million people died and Vietnam become a communist nation, despite American intervention(Vietnam War, History). Due to these disastrous results, it would be expected that most…

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by the U.S. to counteract the strategy was their use of chemical warfare. Napalm was a chemical that when mixed with gasoline was capable of releasing large amounts of carbon monoxide. This made the air more poisonous making it more dangerous than a normal bomb. This again was not effective against the Vietcong because they fought in a different style. The Vietcong fought in a guerrilla style warfare which caused Napalm to be not as destructive as Americans hoped. Defoliants were chemicals…

explained that the bombs destroyed their homes and families. As a consequence of this war, hundred of thousands of people have died due to poison and bombs. There are images and footages that show Vietnamese children’s dying and skin coming off from Napalm, soldiers burning down villages and beating up innocent people. The most heartbreaking scene was a father grieving for his 8 year-old son and 3 year-old daughter who had been…