One could ask oneself what the hell is going on in Europe

Well, to give an answer to that we have to go back in European history.

Historically seen Western Europe and Eastern Europe have a long history of wars on its continent. Wars of domination of the seas between the then Republic of the 7 Provinces (what is now more or less the Netherlands) and England. Those wars between warships in the Channel were ultimately won by England. The 30 year war in the region what is n