Harry Turtledove
Upsetting the Balance
(Worldwar-3)
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)
ANIELEWICZ, MORDECHAI Jewish partisan, eastern Poland
Archie Military Hospital Orderly, Chicago
Auerbach, Rance Captain, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas
BEAVERBROOK, LORD British Minister of Supply
Berkowitz, Benjamin Captain, U.S. Army; psychiatrist, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Beulah Receptionist, Hanford, Washington
BLAIR, ERIC BBC newsreader and author, London
Calhoun, Jake Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army
CHILL, KURT Wehrmacht Lieutenant General, Pskov, USSR
Chung, Horace Laundryman, Lewiston, Idaho
Daniels, Peter (“Mutt”) Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Chicago
DEIBNER, KURT Nuclear physicist, Tubingen,Germany
Doc Physician, Chicago
Donnelly Bomb disposal expert, U. S. Army Chicago
Dolger Wehrmacht captain, Pskov, USSR
Edie Whore, Lewiston, Idaho
EINSTEIN, ALBERT Physicist, Couch, Missouri
EISENHOWER, DWIGHT U.S. Army General, Couch, Missouri
Embry, Ken RAF pilot, grounded in Pskov, USSR
Eschenbach, Wolfgang Panzer loader, Rouffach, Alsace
FERMI, ENRICO Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado
Fleishman, Bertha Jew in Lodz, Poland
Fred RAF Flight Sergeant, Watnall England
Friedrich Partisan, Eastern Poland
George Local resident, Hanford Washington
GERMAN, ALEKSANDR Partisan Brigadier, Pskoc, USSR
GODDARD, ROBERT Rocket expert, Couch, Missouri
Goldfarb, David RAF radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England
Gorbunova, Ludmila RAF pilot
Grillparzer, Gunther Panzer gunner near Breslau Germany
GROVES, LESLIE Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado
Gruver, Solomon Jewish fireman in Lodz, Poland
Gus Private, U.S. Army, Chicago
Hagerman, Max Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army
HALIFAX, LORD British ambassador to the United States
Henry RAF man, Nottingham England
Henry, Marjorie Physician, Hanford Idaho
Hexham Colonel, U.S. Army, Denver Colorado
Hines, Rachel Escapee from Lakin, Kansas
Hipple, FredR AF Group Captain, Bruntingthorpe, England
Ho Ma Midwife, refugee camp west of Shanghai
Horton, Leo RAF Radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England
Hou Yi Dung-beetle show man, Peking
Howard Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado
Hsia Shou-Tao People’s Libreation Army officer, China
HULL, CORDELL U.S. Secretary of State
Jacobi, Nathan BBC newsreader, London
Jacobs Private, U.S. Army, Chicago
“Jacques” French farmer near Ambialet
Jager, Heinrich Panzer colonel, Rouffach, Alsace
Jerzy Partisan, eastern Poland
Jimmy Stretcher-bearer, Chicago
Johannes Panzer driver near Breslau, Germany
Jones, Jerome RAF radarman in Pskov, USSR
Karpov, Feofan RAF colonel south of Moscow
Kennan, Maurice RAF Flight Lieutenant, Bruntingthorpe, England
Kipnis, Jakub Interpreter, Lizard POW camp in Poland
Larssen, Jens Nuclear physicist with the Mettalurgical Laboratory
Lidov, Boris Colonel, NKVD
Liu Han Peasant woman in refugee camp south of Shanghai
Magruder, Bill Lieutenant, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas
Mather, Donald Captain, Special Air Service, Dover, England
Mavrogordato, Panagiotis Captain of tramp freighterNaxos
Maxwell Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado
Meinecke, Klaus Panzer gunner, Rouffach, Alsace
MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV Foreign commissar, of the USSR
Muldoon, Herman First sergeant, U.S. Army Chicago
MUSSOLINI, BENITO Italian Fascist leader, Couch, Missouri
NIEHHO-T’ING People’s Liberation Army officer, China
Nigel RAF corporal, Watnall, England
Nordenskold, Morton Colonel, U.S. Army, Lamar, Colorado
Norma BBC worker, London
Nussboym, David Jew in Lodz, Poland
O’Neill, Red Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army
Okamoto Major, Japanese Army
Oscar Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado
Pete U.S. Army sentry, Denver, Colorado
Pirogova, Tatiana Red Army sniper, Pskov, USSR
Porlock Supply officer, Minneapolis
RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON German Foreign Minister
Roundbush, Basil RAF Flight Officer, Bruntingthorpe, England
Russie, Moishe Jewish refugee and broadcaster, London
Russie, Reuven Son of Moishe and Rivka Russie
Russie, Rivka Moishe Russie’s wife
Schultz, Georg German soldier working as RAF mechanic