The Duke's military life

                Although there were new inventions and ideas were recently introduced, the Duke of Wellington probably could have cared less about the new ideas because he was not interested in education. Because of that, his parents sent him off to military school. Assuming how he became a commander-in-chief of the British Army, he must have been an exceptional student to have rose up that far up in rank. It is possible though, that because of his father’s ties and connections was the reason he rose up the ranks that highly. It was probably because he worked hard as in his post when he was in the military though. The Duke of Wellington led a series of successful campaigns which was one of the reasons why he was promoted quickly. He defeated Napoleon at the Leipzig and Waterloo so he probably felt accomplished because of that. Napoleon was an accomplished General and can be considered a Prodigy considering that he was a general when he was twenty five. The Duke of Wellington probably had lots of pressure mounted upon him because he was up against the great Napoleon. Napoleon took down many countries and annexed them to his Grand Empire. Napoeleon crushed and destroyed the armies of Russia and Austria. However because of Napoleon's brutal loss at Russia due to Russia’s scorched Earth policy, it probably lessened the burden upon the Duke of Wellington. The Duke of Wellington was wise, as he waited for a weak moment in Napoleon’s army and then  attack Napoleon’s army. He also stopped Napoleon from resuming his reign as an emperor as the  Duke captured Napoleon when he returned to France and Napoleon was sent to live on Saint Helena.