Aerospace

Europe's 5 Most Lethal Weapons of War

For roughly four centuries, world affairs centered around Europe. Much of Europe’s centrality was based on its superior military power.

Through the middle of the 20th century, Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and others controlled vast stretches of land in Africa, Asia, and the Americas; some possessions dwarfed all of Europe in size and population. Only two world wars, at the cost of tens of millions of lives, exhausted Europe’s world-dominating military capabilities.