Europe has not prepared for war because every time Europe wanted to prepare for war the US pushed in the other direction. No common army, no better weapons, no nuclear weapons, … All that was anathema. De Gaulle was right and the rest of Europe should have listened to him since decades ago.
Given that France developed and deployed their own nuclear weapons it kind of seems that option was available to the rest of Europe but they decided not to.
Europe has not prepared for war because every time Europe wanted to prepare for war the US pushed in the other direction. No common army, no better weapons, no nuclear weapons, … All that was anathema. De Gaulle was right and the rest of Europe should have listened to him since decades ago.
Given that France developed and deployed their own nuclear weapons it kind of seems that option was available to the rest of Europe but they decided not to.
De Gaulle wanted a self-defense system for France. The rest were stupid and relied on the US.