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Upsetting the Balance

Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival-never mind victory-was to unite to stop a mighty foe-one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Britain and Germany, where the banshee wail of hostile jets screamed across the land, caches of once-forbidden weapons were unearthed, and unthinkable tactics were employed against the enemy. Brilliantly innovative military strategists confronted challenges unprecedented in the history of warfare.

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

HUMANS

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

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