It is a common saying in military affairs that generals always prepare for the last war.
WW1 was envisioned as a repeat of the maneuver warfare of the 19th century, started by the Napoleonic wars. Only to turn into gruesome immobile trench warfare.
WW2 French war planners made the giant Maginot line fortification for a static war, only to be out-maneuve…
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