Hellfire on EarthIntroductionSince the beginning of recorded history, men have fought for everything. Land, food and resources were just some of the prizes up for grabs. Since the creation of the sling, the spear, and the bow and arrow, men have discovered ways to be better than their opponent. At first, they were only tools intended for hunting. Then, primitive humans learned to take what belonged to another human. Since then, a man has tried to be better than others and uses his brain to create weapons. Fire has been around longer than humans. Some wanted to harness his power and use it against others. Thanks to the greatest invention, one of the most terrible weapons ever created was born: napalm. The Creation Throughout history, many incendiary weapons have been made, such as Greek fire and lighting hot oil on castle walls, but none were more notorious than Napalm B. During During World War I, flamethrowers used only gasoline. Even though it was liquid fire, flamethrowers had a very short range and would move away from a target before severely burning them. We wanted a new formula that would stick to a target, burn longer and have better range. The formula invented in 1942 by Dr. LouisFieser, a professor of chemistry at Harvard University, replaced the old gasoline (Time, 2000). The device was named napalm because the original formula used naphthenic palmitic acid; the device was made from a form of aluminum soap mixed with acid (Time, 2000). The formula would have been effective in destroying crabgrass (Time, 2000). Napalm B revised Dr. Fieser's formula. The composition of Napalm B included the original napalm but also had a much higher percentage of gasoline. The middle of paper would have had a demoralizing effect. With the exploitation of the incredible properties of fire comes responsibility. The Vietcong must have wondered what the next seemingly impossible weapon would be. Only the future will tell us. Reference pageBrody, J. (nd). Napalm. VietnamWar.net. Retrieved April 12, 2011 from http://www.vietnamwar.net/napalmJohnson, S. (nd). Napalm. GlobalSecurity.org - Trusted security information. Accessed April 13, 2011 from http://www.globalsecurity.org/militaryTime. (nd). Napalm. The Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia. Accessed April 18, 2011 from http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/PVCC Wain, C. (nd). Vietnam Napalm Girl - FamousPicturesMagazine. Main page - FamousPictures. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Vietnam_Napalm_Girl