Upsetting the Balance

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Authors: Harry Turtledove

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)

HUMANS
 
A
NIELEWICZ
, M
ORDECHAI
Jewish partisan, eastern Poland
Archie
Military Hospital Orderly, Chicago
Auerbach, Rance
Captain, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas
B
EAVERBROOK
, L
ORD
British Minister of Supply
Berkowitz, Benjamin
Captain, U.S. Army; psychiatrist, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Beulah
Receptionist, Hanford, Washington
B
LAIR
, E
RIC
BBC newsreader and author, London
Calhoun, Jake
Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army
C
HILL
, K
URT
Wehrmacht
Lieutenant General, Pskov, USSR
Chung, Horace
Laundryman, Lewiston, Idaho
Daniels, Peter (“Mutt”)
Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Chicago
D
EIBNER
, K
URT
Nuclear physicist, Tübingen,Germany
Doc
Physician, Chicago
Donnelly
Bomb disposal expert, U. S. Army Chicago
Dölger
Wehrmacht
captain, Pskov, USSR
Edie
Whore, Lewiston, Idaho
E
INSTEIN
, A
LBERT
Physicist, Couch, Missouri
E
ISENHOWER
, D
WIGHT
U.S. Army General, Couch, Missouri
Embry, Ken
RAF pilot, grounded in Pskov, USSR
Eschenbach, Wolfgang
Panzer loader, Rouffach, Alsace
F
ERMI
, E
NRICO
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
G
ERMAN
, A
LEKSANDR
Partisan Brigadier, Pskoc, USSR
G
ODDARD
, R
OBERT
Rocket expert, Couch, Missouri
Goldfarb, David
RAF radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England
Gorbunova, Ludmila
RAF pilot
Grillparzer, Gunther
Panzer gunner near Breslau Germany
G
ROVES
, L
ESLIE
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
H
ALIFAX
, L
ORD
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, Fred
RAF 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
H
ULL
, C
ORDELL
U.S. Secretary of State
Jacobi, Nathan
BBC newsreader, London
Jacobs
Private, U.S. Army, Chicago
“Jacques”
French farmer near Ambialet
Jäger, 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 freighter
Naxos
Maxwell
Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado
Meinecke, Klaus
Panzer gunner, Rouffach, Alsace
M
OLOTOV
, V
YACHESLAV
Foreign commissar, of the USSR
Muldoon, Herman
First sergeant, U.S. Army Chicago
M
USSOLINI
, B
ENITO
Italian Fascist leader, Couch, Missouri
N
IEH
H
O
-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
R
IBBENTROP
, J
OACHIM 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
Sholudenko, Nikifor
NKVD officer
Silberman, Pinchas
Jew in Lodz, Poland
S
KORZENY
, O
TTO
SS
Standartenfürher
Smithers
British Army major
Smitty
Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado
S
TALIN
, I
OSEF
General Secretary, Communist Party of the USSR
Stanegate, Fred
British soldier
Stansfield, Roger
Royal Naval Commander; captain HMS
Seanymph
Stella
Barmaid, Bruntingthorpe, England
Summers, Penny
Escapee from Lakin, Kansas
Summers, Wendell
Escapee from Lakin, Kansas; Penny’s father
Szabo, Bela (“Dracula”)
Private, U.S. Army, Chicago
S
ZILARD
, L
EO
Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado
Szymanski, Stan
Captain, U.S. Army, Chicago
Terence
Storekeeper, Couch Missouri
Tompkins
Major, U.S. Army, Hot Springs, Arkansas
V
ASILIEV
, N
IKOLAI
Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR
Wiggs, Ralph
RAF meteorologist, Bruntingthorpe, England
Yeager, Barbara
Sam Yeager’s wife
Yeager, Jonathan
Son of Sam and Barbara Yeager
Yeager, Sam
Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado
“Yetta”
Telephone operator, Lodz, Poland
York, Hank
Radioman, U.S. Army, Chicago
THE RACE
Atvar
Fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race
Diffal
Security officer
Ekretkan
Casualty, St. Alban’s, England
Elifrim
Airbase commander, southern France
Hisslef
Base commandant, Siberia
Hossad
Killercraft pilot
Innoss
Airbase armorer, southern France
Jisrin
Killrcraft pilot
Kirel
Shiplord,
127th Emperor Hetto
Msseff
Reasercher in China
Nejas
Landcruiser commander, Alsace
Nivvek
Killercraft pilot
Pshing
Adjutant to Atvar
Ristin
Prisoner of war, Denver , Colorado
Rokois
Assistant to Pshing
Skoob
Landcruiser gunner, Alsace
Sserep
Killercraft pilot
Straha
Shiplord,
206th Emperor Yower
Teerts
Flight leader, prisoner of war, Tokyo
Tessrek
Researcher in human psychology
Ttomalss
Researcher in human psychology
Ullhass
Prisoner of war, Denver, Colorado
Ussmak
Landcruiser driver, Alsace
Vesstil
Shuttlecraft pilot for Straha
Wuppah
Smallgroup commander, Chicago

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