Question about Corps Expéditionnaire Français en Extrême-Orient, French Indochina.

Palle · #1 December 24th, 2011, 06:48 PM

What I mean is the Battle at Vien Yen/Tien Yen was not fought at that date, it was fought at the time I stated. Hence the info is not reliable.

That being said, a first date of 22/12 is not unrealistic, but the first use in mass, and with very measurable effects was at Vien Yen/Tien Yen. There were thousands of burned corpses in front of the French barbed wire.

In any case 12/50 or 1/51 matters not that much. What one wonders is that they waited that long.

scJazz · #2 December 24th, 2011, 08:09 PM

I do not know if it is the Google Sound Chamber or otherwise but from what I have read 12/50 seems to be the date that ANY reasonable aircraft should have had napalm available. Not 1953 which seems to be a reference to France getting the Corsairs and the Corsairs being napalm capable.

Edit: Hellcats, Bearcats, Helldivers also being able to drop the same napalm canisters.