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Prior to WWII, Allied planners and parts of the Reichswehr (for example Hans von Seeckt) believed that if a world war was going to take place, it would be a WWI-style trench war, involving large scale defensive lines. So, in a timeline with a militaristic Germany that ignores swift-war theorists like Hans Guderian, the Second World War might have been more similar to the First.

If this had become the case, might some countries start integrating obsolete ships into their defensive lines by hauling them onto land, partially burying them in earthworks, and using them as landbound forts? Is it a sensible idea, or would it just waste valuable resources while alienating the navy?
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