The correct answer is C) It encourages the development of new devices to fight and end wars.
War promotes innovation in that it encourages the development of new devices to fight and end wars.
Indeed, many advances that had served humanity had been developed first with military purpose. Many technological advancements in transportation, medicine, or even the internet, were developed by the military during war times. The internet, for instance, served as an effective communication device for the troops during the warfare. Later, these inventions, are adapted to be used by citizens in their daily activities.
Answer:
He was succesful a first, but a failure in the end
Explanation:
During the first years of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon was succesful in bringing most of Europe under his control. He lead the French army to sounding victories against several enemies in Italy, in Germany, and in Eastern Europe, although he had many difficulties to conquer Spain.
Napoleon's tide changed when he decided to invade Russia. He had some victories at first, but an extremely cold winter, and the vastness of the country obliged him to retreat. During this retreat, he was often ambushed, and lost most of his army due to these ambushes, or due to the harsh winter.
His escape from Russia was precisely in 1812, and would mark his fate of several subsequent defeats that would utimately lead to his forced exile in the island of St. Helena.