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Napalm Bombing

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson8 March 1965

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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