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Vielen danken, meine Herren! So I suppose a fair translation would just be 'Wytschaete Salient' in the same way that the Ypres trenches were the Ypres Salient for the Brits.
The striking thing reading the book is just how complacent the German commander of Gruppe Wytschaete, General von Laffert, was. He assessed the threat from British mines as almost non-existent a month before his front line was blown apart by a million pounds of ammonal! It's just a crying shame that Haig chose not to follow up immediately while the Germans were still reeling and the weather was good. Instead he waited 6 weeks to start Third Ypres by which time the German positions were covered in more reinforced concrete than the South Bank.
'Vig'
"Now let's look at the land we've won in the big push! Splendid! What is the scale of this model, Captain Darling?"
"Er, one to one, sir."
"So the actual ground taken is...?"
"4 feet by 6 feet, 8 square yards sir!"
"Splendid. Baah!"
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