Harry Turtledove
Tilting the Balance
(Worldwar — 2)
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)
ANIELEWICZ, MORDECHAI Leader of Jewish fighters in Poland
Auerbach, Rance Captain, U.S. Army Cavalry
Bagnall, George flight engineer in RAF bomber crew
Barisha Tavern keeper in Split, Independent State of Croatia
Berkowicz, Stefan Landlord in Lodz
BLAIR, ERIC BBC talks producer, Indian Section, London
Borcke, Martin Wehrmacht captain and interpreter in Pskov
CHILL, KURT Wehrmacht lieutenant general, 122nd Infantry, in Pskov
CHURCHILL, WINSTON prime minister of Great Britain
COMPTON, ARTHUR supervisor, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Cooley, Mary Waitress in Idaho Springs, Colorado
Daniels, Pete ("Mutt") Sergeant, U.S. Army, in Illinois; former minor-league manager
DIEBNER, KURT Nuclear physicist, Hechingen, Germany
Donlan, Kevin U.S. Army private in Naperville, Illinois
Embry, Ken pilot of RAF bomber crew
FERMI, ENRICO nuclear physicist at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
FERMI, LAURA Enrico Fermis wife
Fiore, Bobby Lizard experimental subject; former baseball player
FLEROV, GEORGI Soviet nuclear physicist
Fritzie Cowboy in Chugwater, Wyoming
Fukuoka, Yoshi Japanese soldier in China
GERMAN, ALEKSANDR Commander of Second Partisan Brigade in Pskov
Goldfarb, David RAF radarman
Gorbunova, Ludmila Red Air Force pilot
GROVES, LESLIE Engineer, U.S. Army colonel
Harvey Civilian guard in Idaho Springs, Colorado
HEISENBERG, WERNER Nuclear physicist in Hechingen, Germany
Henry Wounded U.S. soldier in Chicago
Hexham U.S. Army colonel in Denver
Hicks, Chester U.S. Army lieutenant in Chicago
Higuchi Japanese scientist
Hipple, Fred RAF group captain in Bruntingthorpe
Ho-T'ING, NIEH Chinese Communist guerrilla officer
Horton, Leo RAF radarman in Bruntingthorpe
HULL, CORDELL U.S. secretary of state
Isaac Jew in Leczna, Polan
Jacobi, Nathan BBC broadcaster in London
Jager, Heinrich Wehrmacht panzer colonel
Jones, Jerome RAF radarman
Karpov, Feofan Red Air Force colonel
Kennan, Maurice RAF flight lieutenant in Bruntingthorpe
Klein, Sid U.S. Army captain in Chicago
Klopotowski, Roman Townsman in Leczna, Poland
Klopotowski, Zofia Daughter of Roman Klopotowsk
KONIEV, IVAN Red Army general
KURCHATOV, IGOR Soviet nuclear physicis
Laplace, Freddie U.S. Army private in Illinois
Larssen, Barbara see Yeager, Barbara
Larssen, Jens nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Leon Jewish fighter in Lodz
Lidov, Boris NKVD lieutenant colonel, Moscow
Liu Han Chinese peasant woman; Lizard experimental subject
Lo Communist Chinese partisan
Maczek U.S. Army captain in Illinois
Meineckt, Klaus Sergeant, gunner on Heinrich Jdger's panzer
MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV foreign commissar of the USSR
Morozkin, Sergei Red Army interpreter in Pskov
MURROW, EDWARD R. Radio news broadcaster
Nakayama Japanese scientist
NISHINA, YOSHIO Japanese nuclear physicist
Okamoto, Major Japanese interpreter and interrogator of Teerts
Olson, Louise Inhabitant of New Salem, North Dakota
Olson, Thorkil Inhabitant of New Salem, North Dakota
Oscar U.S. Army bodyguard in Denver
Peary, Julian RAF wing commander in Bruntingthorpe
Petrovic, Marko Captain, Independent State of Croatia
Potter, Lucille Nurse in Illinois
RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON German foreign minister
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. President of the United States
Roundbush, Basil RAFflight officer in Bruntingthorpe
RUMKOWSKI, MORDECHAI CHAIM Eldest of the Jews in the Lodz ghetto
Russie, Moishe ex-medical student in the Warsaw ghetto
Russie, Reuven Moishe Russie ‘s son
Russie, Rivka Moishe Russie’s wife
Sawatski, Emilia Wife of Wladyslaw Sawatski
Sawatski, Ewa Daughter of Wladyslaw and Emilia Sawatski
Sawatski, Jozef Son of Wladyslaw and Emilia Sawatski
Sawatski, Maria Daughter of Wladyslaw and Emilia Sawatski
Sawatski, Wladyslaw Polish farmer
Schultz, Georg Former Welarnacht panzer gunner; Red Air Force mechanic
Sharp, Hiram Physician in Ogden, Utah
Shmuel Jewish fighter in Lodz
Sholudenko, Nikifor NKVD man in the Ukraine
Shura Whore in Shanghai
SKORZENY, OTTO SS colonel
Sobieski, Tadeusz Grocer in Leczna, Poland
STALIN, IOSEF General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sumner, Joshua ("Hoot") Justice of the peace in Chugwater, Wyomin
Szabo, Bela ("Dracula") U.S. Army private in Illinois
SZILARD, LEO nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Tatiana Sniper and companion of Jerome Jones in Pskov
TOGO, SHIGENORI Japanese foreign minister
Tolya Groundcrew man, Red Air Force
Tsuye Japanese scientist
Ussishkin, Judah Doctor in Leczna, Poland
Ussishkin, Sarah Wife of Judah Ussishkin; midwife in Leczna, Polan
van Alen, Jacob U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant in Oswego, New York
VASILIEV, NIKOLAI Commander First Partisan Brigade in Pskov
Vernon, Hank Ship's engineer in the Duluth Queen
Victor Wounded U.S. soldier in Chicago
Whyte, Alf RAF navigator
Wittman, Rolf Driver in Heinrich Jdgers panzer
Yeager, Barbara Former graduate student in medieval literature; Sam Yeager's wife
Yeager, Sam outfielder Decatur Commodores (I–I-I League)
ZHUKOV, GEORGI Marshal of the Soviet Union
Atvar fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race
Bunim Official in Lodz