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==Page 228==
228.9 '''Miss Borgesius is still active on the program, and Mr. Duncan Sandys is having all his questions answered.'''<br />
Putting them in the same sentence is a fine example of Pynchonesque intuition; in 2000 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,352561,00.html Duncan Sandys was revealed] as the "headless man" involved in a decades-old sex scandal. In 1963 photos emerged of the Duchess of Argyll performing fellatio on him, while a third person, identified as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., was masturbating and making Polaroid snaps. And yes, there is a von Braun connection.

228.33 '''''und so weiter'''''<br/>
German: and so forth

==Page 229==
229.23 '''From overhead, from a German camera-angle'''<br>
The German, or Dutch, or Batman angle is actually [http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=6 a tilted camera-angle]. "From overhead" implies a German bomber's (or rocket's) view.

==Page 230==
230.21-22 '''Volksgrenadier: setz V-2 ein!'''<br>
German: [[V#volksgren|Volksgrenadier]] deploy a V-2!

==Page 231==
231.14 '''Daily Herald'''<br>
British newspaper, published in London from 1912 to 1964; typically associated with worker's issues and the Labour Party

==Page 232==
232.06 '''Savarin..."Severin"'''<br />
Savarin: the cofee.<br>
Severin: two possible referents:<br>
a. Severin von Kusiemski: a character in ''Venus in Furs'' by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.<br>
b. Mark Severin(1906-1987): engraver of postage stamps and over 500 Ex-Libris bookplates many of which were erotic. 

232.15 '''Krafft-Ebing'''<br />
Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902), a German psychiatrist, wrote ''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (1886), describing a variety of sexual proclivities

[[image:malacca.jpg|thumb|70px|right]]232.16 '''Malacca cane'''<br />
Although Weisenburger cites Fu Manchu stories as a source for this item, it is more clearly being used simply to inflict pain in the ritual between Katje and the Brigadier. Malacca canes are thick, with a knob at one end.  They are sometimes used in sado-masochistic settings such as the one here.

232.20 '''tattered tommy up on White Sheet Ridge'''<br />
A key land formation at the the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Messines Battle of Messines], a prelude to the Third Battle of Passchendaele a month later.  In April-May 1917, the Germans held the White Sheet and Pilkem Ridges squeezing Ypres in the middle.  On June 7th 1917 at 3:10am  the British attack began as 19 landmines simultaneously exploded; the British opened fire and two hours later the Germans were driven from the formation.

232.21 '''Maxim'''<br />
The Maxim gun was first self-powered machine gun.

232.22-23 '''Cléo de Mérode (1875-1966)'''<br />
A French dancer, renowned for her glamour even more than for her dancing skills.

232.29 '''H-Hour'''<br />
The specific time when a military operation is to begin.

232.29 '''Adam chair'''<br />
A chair designed by brothers James and Robert Adam, 18th century architects, whose work was based on classic Greek and Roman styles

==Page 233==
233.21 '''The Archies were chugging...'''<br>
WWI slang for anti-aircraft guns

==Page 234==
234.4 '''the Salient'''<br>
The [[XYZ#ypres|Ypres]] Salient

234.7 '''Badajoz'''<br>
The capital of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, situated close to the Portuguese border. During the Spanish Civil War, Between 1,000 and 4,000 civilian and military supporters of the Second Spanish Republic, were killed by the National Army  following the seizure of the town on August 14, 1936.

234.33 '''fourragère'''<br>
A military award, distinguishing military units as a whole

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