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What if Wilhelm II, while wanting a navy, had an attack of common sense, and had limited the size of the navy?

The reason: Germany had compared to England or France no experience in shipbuilding. And we all know that if you build a ship very fast the mistakes in design or construction show up. And while a battlehips is very expensive and designed to last about 25 years, it is not good if you have an ill-designed warship that makes the other countries have a few jokes at your expense and you have to wait 20 years before you have the money to replace it.

So, lets assume (and I just choose the numbers without regard to reality) that Wilhelm II Limits the German navy to 30 +2 Dreadnoughts/Battleships and all other ship classes are also with a fixed number.

The + 2 are the testing bed ships. Those are ships that are never finished, so either they have engines and armor and weights for guns, or they carry armor and guns, but engines are not working etc. And those Shops are confined to a testing area in the Baltic. And Germany invites the other powers to look that those ships are never finished. Of course what those ships are equipped with, either the new armor type or the new engine type, that is kept secret.

So, how would that Change the Outlook of England, France, Russia, USA? And what about Worldwar 1 if it still happens?
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