Index

Abakumov, Viktor, 7677, 7980, 121, 243244, 247249
Abashkina, Liubov, 130
abundance and waste of U.S. goods and supplies, 6567, 7172, 97, 128. See also black-marketeering
Afanasieva, Nina, xiv, 178
African Americans, 67
agriculture in Soviet Union, 3940, 64, 70
air corridors
map, x
opening new corridors, 241, 253, 258
air rescue missions of POWs, 198210
Alafuzov, Vladimir, 191
alcohol consumption and drunkenness, 1214, 40, 6465, 109, 125127, 131, 133, 160, 177, 183, 247
Alexander, Marvin L., 220221, 226
American flag display, 226
Amur region bases, 192
Anderson, Frederick, 33, 3740, 74, 144, 146
Anderson, Henry, 192
anti-aircraft defense systems, 101, 103, 123. See also flak artillery; night fighters
Antonov, Aleksei, 144145, 213217, 220221
Antrup, Wilhelm, 9192
Arkazanov, Konstanin Petrovich, 131132
Arkazanov, Marina, 131132
arms production, German expertise, 241242
Arnold, Henry “Hap”, 78, 1415, 1819, 2122, 26, 3334, 74, 146, 153, 242243
arrival of U.S. servicemen, 21, 4552
artisan crafts, 128
assaults on women who developed relationships with Americans, 107108, 111, 114115, 118, 120121, 178, 289
automobiles, possession of U.S. cars by Soviet officers, 229
aviation technology knowledge, 45, 36, 6566, 241242
inferior quality of Soviet aircraft industry, 242243
“aviators’ case”, 243244, 247249
"Avtomat" (code-name), 80
Axis Sally, 101
Babich, Daniil (Babych, Danylo), 257258
Bacha, Elias, 127
Baev, Anatolii, 7273
Bagration offensive, 53
Balkans, future of, 164
Baltic states, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 67
Barber, Donald, 64
Barmin, Aleksandr, 218
bartering of goods, 162
Baseball mission, 52, 8182
Bashkirov, Senior Lieutenant, 93
bathing habits/bathing facilities, 3435, 6970, 84, 105106, 207
Battle of Berlin, 240
Battle of the Dnieper, 4
Battle of Poltava, 24
Battle of Stalingrad, 76
Beadle, Richard J., 206208
Beam, R. E., 172173
Bebenin, Alexander, 256, 258259
beds and bed linens, 6869
Beecham, Charlie, 278279, 291
Beliaev, Vladimir, 206
Belov, Lieutenant Colonel, 219
Belukha, Andrii, 262
Belukha, Boris, 266267
Belukha, Olena, 262
Belukha, Zinaida, 132, 262264, 266269, 271, 281282
Beria, Lavrentii, 99100, 245246, 248
Berlin, 14, 216217, 240242, 250, 286
blockade of West Berlin, 252253, 291
four occupation zones, 250251
partition, 13
post-war, 250260
Bern incident, 213, 222223
Bibenin, Aleksandr, 263
Big Three, 186197
“Bird Dogs”, 175
black-marketeering, 125129, 162, 168, 254
black servicemen, 67
Blazhkova, Zinaida, 85, 129130
Bocharova, 264266
Bohlen, Charles “Chip”, 273, 279
"Boikaia" (code-name), 80
Boldyreva, 119121
Bolshevism. See Communist ideology
bombs for explosion on contact, 9597
Bondarenko, Arsenii, 179, 259260
Bondarenko, Pavlo, 245249, 259260
boredom, 133
Borodej, Mieczysław Karol, 171
"Botkin" (code-name), 80
Bower, Marwin, 100
Bozard, Theodore, 9596
Brandeis University, 270271, 273274
Brest, 5253, 9091
Bridge, Donald, 214, 221
Britain
Frantic II mission, 8789
Polish government-in-exile in, 137
Polish insurgents, supply drops, 138139, 146
post-war, 251
return of servicemen from Soviet Union, 152
Royal Air Force, 7, 14, 23, 59, 171, 268
brothels. See prostitution
Budapest bases, 192
Butcher, Harry, 58
Callahan, Major, 108109
camouflage, 102
Cannon, Roy, 162163
Carpenter, Cherry C., 133
cars, possession of American cars by Soviets, 229, 246248
Casablanca Conference, 56
“cat calling”, 48
Charles XII, 38
Chavkin, Samuel, 168, 170171, 174175, 216217, 230233, 248, 256
Chernetsky, Colonel, 7172
Chiang Kai-shek, 225
China, 271
Chuchko, Yevgenii, 267268
Churchill, Pamela, 115
Churchill, Randolph, 115
Churchill, Winston, 5, 1516, 6061, 115, 164
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 271
Clark Kerr, Archibald, 13, 139140, 144145
Clay, Lucius D., 240, 251254
clearing American flights, 190191, 213216, 227228
Clinton, Bill, 290291
clothing
as luxury, 6667, 183, 265
uniforms, 6768, 227
Cold War, 250282
Americans as main adversaries, 261
beginnings, 250251
collective farming, 3940, 64, 70
Communist ideology, 16, 6667, 285286
anti-Soviet ideology in Ukraine, 7073
apprehension of foreign presence in Soviet territory, 1516, 1920
Trotskyites, 157158, 256
White movement/White Guards, 117, 119121, 132, 158159
Communist Party, expulsion, 129130
“Condor Legion”, 92
construction and repair of bases in preparation for shuttle-bombing, 3241
corruption. See black-marketeering
Cory, William R., 205
costume party, 183
counterintelligence. See espionage and intelligence gathering
courting local women. See women
Coutts, Edward A., 107
crafts, local, 128
Crimea (Yalta) conference, 186197
Cullen, Paul T., 112, 120
cultural differences, 6465, 195196, 199
Cunningham, Arthur, 126127
curfew, 119120
Curtis, Edward Peck, 4041, 58
Curzon, George, 165166, 173174, 193
Curzon Line, 165166, 193
Daily News, 104105
dating among U.S. servicemen and Soviet women, 104121
Davies, Raymond Arthur, 5051, 5557, 6062, 117
Deane, John Russell (Russ)
as head of mission, 78, 1415, 1718
success of mission, evaluation, 284286
Debrecen, Hungary, 4950, 52, 54
defective Soviet airplanes, 242243
Demin, Pavel, 245248
dental care, 69
departure of airmen from Soviet Union, 151163
deterioration of Soviet-U.S. relations, 160161, 163, 177, 184185, 231, 252, 284286, 288
beginnings, 103
blockade of West Berlin, 252253
decreased number of targets with advance of Soviet army, 123
disobedience/refusal to follow Soviet orders, 213215, 217
grounding of U.S. airplanes, 216217
infighting, 122134
need for new and closer bases, 123124
rupture of Soviet-U.S. cooperation, 211223
spike in, 130
Warsaw uprising, 135147
women in Soviet Union, dating, 129130, 132
Dewey, Thomas E., 160
Displaced Persons’ camps in Germany, 272
diversity within U.S. ranks, 67
divorce, 115
"Dmitrieva" (code-name), 264
Dmytryshyn, John R., 171173
Dnieper River, 4, 1617, 54, 9091
dollars vs. rubles, 126128, 130, 162, 168
Drum, Bill, 67
dual/double citizenship, 279280
Dubiaga, Michael, 133
Dubrovin, Yurii, 9394
Dulles, Allen, 212213
Dunn, Ralph, 3031, 110111, 159
Eaker, Ira, 47, 5257, 59, 6263, 7374, 8081, 90, 152
Eastern Europe
air bases as watchtower for US interests in Eastern Europe, 164175
installation of communist-led governments, 195
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 67
post war, 228229
Soviet aspirations, 213, 251 See also specific countries in Eastern Europe
economics and politics, differences, 6667
Eden, Anthony, 34, 10
Eisenhower, Dwight, 3233, 5859, 144, 230232, 253254
end of war in Europe, 176177, 230231
England. See Britain
English language. See language issues
espionage and intelligence gathering, ixx, xiiixiv, 7072, 7586, 117118, 170171, 191, 193194, 196, 217218, 232234, 270282, 289290
assumption that Americans had come to spy on Soviets, 7677, 81
Cold War spies, 250269
Eastern Europe, US interests in, 164175
man with no face, 255
McCarthyism, 271, 280
New Year’s Dance, 179182, 184
Poland, US airmen’s reports regarding Soviet presence in, 164175
“proof” of US espionage activities, 118
Estle, Raymond C., 9495
Europe, invasion of, 4647, 5963
as bargaining chip in negotiations for air bases, viiviii, 47, 13, 1517, 1920
goals of shuttle-bombing operations, 23
Italy invasion, 45
timing of first air raid, 63
evacuation of servicemen from Ukrainian air bases, 151163
exchange rate, dollars vs. rubles, 126128, 130, 162, 168
executions for anti-Soviet activities, 264265
Far East Soviet Union, bases in, 8, 2223, 153154, 164165, 192193, 228
fears by Soviets of foreign presence in Soviet territory, 1516, 1920
Fedorov, Lieutenant General, 219
"Fedotov" (code-name), 266267
Field, Noel, 272273
fights and brawls, 122134, 151, 263
Fischer, George (Yurii)
departure from Soviet Union, 231232
evaluation of Poltava experience, 285286, 288, 290
importance of position, 155, 157
pro-Soviet views, 272273
suspicion of espionage activity by Soviets, 271, 277278
suspicion of espionage activity by US, 272279
Fischer, Louis, 155156, 253254, 272, 274275
Fischer, Victor, 155156, 254255
Fitchen, William, 166168, 171174, 205206
flak artillery, 52, 5455, 74, 89, 94, 99100, 102, 113, 139, 145, 214
Focşani, Romania, 7374
food, 6364, 66
left behind in Soviet Union, 239240
malnutrition, 69
POW camps, 6768, 200, 203205
scarcity, 168, 196197
starvation of Ukrainians, 3940, 70
storage and hygiene, 6869
theft, 128, 131
forced landings, 215, 246
Ford, Henry, 169
formation flying, 5152
Forrestal, James, 252253
A Frantic Saga (Myhra), 287
Frantic shuttle-bombing operations
Frantic Joe, 5256, 63, 74, 8081
Frantic II, 87104
Frantic III, 122
Frantic IV, 122
Frantic V, 122123
Frantic VI, 123124, 139140, 143144
Frantic VII, 145
Frantic VIII, 146147
goals, 23, 52
meaning of name, 25, 3536
suspension of operations, 151163
Fredericks, John L., 61
fuel leak, 8889
fuel supply, 14, 23, 5253, 101, 168, 174, 253
Gaich, Peter, 205206
Galaţi, Romania, 6263
Gall, Vladimir, 254255
Ganchukova, Galina (Galia), 174175
Gdynia, Poland, 122123
Georgians, 70
German spies, 79
Germany
displaced persons’ camps, 272
Free Germany Radio service, 255
fusing US, British, and French zones of occupation, 251
German Social Democratic Party, 254
German-Soviet 1939 alliance, 34
inflation and monetary reforms, 252
invasion of Soviet Union, 4
military maneuvers by Soviet Union, 251252
occupation, post-war, 239241, 250
Poltava air base officers in administration of occupied Germany, 250
Red Army’s entrance into, 240241
separate peace excluding Soviets, 213, 218219, 284
spoils of war, 239249
Stasi foreign intelligence, 155, 255
tank production, 143144
“unconditional surrender”, 5 See also Berlin
Gillars, Mildred Elizabeth, 101
girlfriends. See women
Goebbels, Joseph, 176
Gogol, Nikolai (Hohol, Mykola), 4, 24, 3839
Gould, Ronald, 206208
Govoni, Clotilde, 235, 258
Great Purge/Great Terror, 156158, 254255, 262, 272273
Greece, 251
Gribov, Vladlen, 38, 5152, 6668, 73, 75
Griffith, John, 2226
Grishaev, Fedor, 132133
Gromyko, Andrei, 225
Gruenberg, Ernest M., 201
Guseva, Zoia, 84, 9899
Gvozd (drummer), 4849
Hall, Jefferson, 2627
Hamilton, Maxwell M., 62
Hampton, Thomas, 154155, 158, 168172, 174175, 178179, 184185, 188191, 196197, 200, 202, 212, 214215, 217218, 220221, 226227, 231233, 248, 286
Hans (pilot), 267
Harriman, Averell
role in mission, 68
success of operation, evaluation, 286
Harriman, Kathleen (Kathy), 89, 1113, 4749, 51, 5557, 6162, 136, 154155, 169170, 187188, 224
Harriman, Mary, 89, 1113, 47, 51, 136, 169170, 187188
Harvard University, 271274
Hill, Edmund, 190, 200, 217, 220222, 247
Hiller, Captain, 131
Himmler, Heinrich, 176
Hiss, Alger, 272273
historians, 34, 6364, 110, 167, 179, 231233, 235
Hitler, Adolf, 34, 60, 176, 183, 212213, 264
Hoag, Gilbert Thomas, 276, 278279
Hoag, Katherine, 270271, 276, 278280
Holocaust, 71, 169171, 173174
US and British POWs housed in camp facilities, 203
Holzman, Franklyn, xiv, 65, 105106, 128, 177178, 216217, 227, 233, 283284, 287288, 290
Holzman, Thomas, 287
Hopkins, Harry, 6, 144, 165, 187, 196
hospital facilities
prisoners of war, 198200, 205, 208
separate, 69
Soviet health care system, 8384
Hrynko-Okolovych, Halyna, 249
Hull, Cordell, 310, 14, 17, 142
humanitarian missions
prisoners of war, 198210
Warsaw uprising, 135147
West Berlin, 252253
humanity, shared, 11
Hurley, Patrick J., 225226
informers, 77, 174175. See also espionage
instrument flights, 161162
International News Service, 9
Internationale, socialist hymn, 910
invasion of Europe. See Europe, invasion of
invasion of Soviet Union by Germany, 4
Iron Curtain, viii. See also Cold War
Ismay, Hastings, 15
Italy/Italian bases, 45, 50, 52, 54, 212213
Ivanov, Captain, 117, 119120
Ivanovsky, Serhii, 7173
jackboots, 6768
Jackson, William, 69, 8385, 9497, 129130, 181
Japan
Japanese diplomats in Moscow, 135136
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, 218219
Jaroff, Albert, 56, 101, 117119, 127, 132, 157158, 256
jealousy of local men toward Americans who were dating local women, 114115
Jews and Judaism, 71, 117, 155156, 169. See also Holocaust
Jodl, Alfred, 230
Johnson, Joe R., 168, 170
Journal de la Marne, 116
Kaluta, William Roman, 132133, 160, 179183, 197, 210, 231233, 235, 256258
Kanarevsky, Stepan, 72
Kaunas, Lithuania, 5253
Keitel, Wilhelm, 230
Kelly, E. G., 173
Kennan, George, 273
Kessler, Alfred, 24, 26, 3334, 5556, 70, 80, 8790, 94, 97, 102, 109110, 112, 133134, 154155, 158159
Khalturin (Soviet officer), 9394
Khodynka Field, 35
Khrushchev, Nikita, 173174
King, Myron, 125126, 221, 225226
kitchens on bases, 6869
Kloski, Martin, 6970
Kluckhohn, Clyde, 272273
Knerr, Hugh J., 124125, 130, 152153
"Konstantinov" (code-name), 80
Korolenko, Vladimir, 3839, 211
Korsun, Antonina, 72
Kosmodemianskaia, Zoia, 9798
Kotliarevsky, Ivan, 3839
Kovalev, Stepan, 182185, 189191, 200, 202, 211214, 216, 219221, 226227, 230231, 234, 239242, 245249, 253, 258259
Kowal, Michael, 158159, 161162, 168, 170171, 174, 181183, 221, 226, 232233, 286
"Kozlov" (code-name), 217218
Krakow area of Poland, 122123
Krasnov, Senior Lieutenant, 93
Kriukov, Vladimir, 245
Krychevsky, Vasyl, 39
Kuchinsky, Ivan, 129
Kurile Islands, 164165, 192193
Kuter, Laurence S., 192
Kutsevalov, Timofei, 240241, 245
Kutuzov, Mikhail, 34
Kuznetsov, Aleksandr, 9899
"Kuznetsova" (code-name), 265
Kvochkin (Soviet pilot), 161162
landing rights vs. bases, negotiations for, 18
language issues, 4849, 80, 248, 257
“bedroom Russian”, 181
Russian language knowledge by Americans, 7576, 78, 81, 83, 85, 117, 119, 131134, 155, 157158, 172, 179, 233234
larceny. See theft
latrines, 69, 84, 203
Lavlinskaia, Natalia, 260
Lawrence, Bill, 4546, 169170
Lazarchuk, Michael, 8586
Leahy, William, 222223
leather jackets, bartering, 162
Lebedev, Ivan, 85
lend-lease program, 46, 2122, 65, 90, 168, 229, 239, 257
Lenin, Vladimir, 6667, 242
Lepawsky, Albert, 2223, 8184, 107111, 116117, 284
Let’s Tell the Truth about Sex (Whitman), 104105
Lidov, Petr, 9799, 107
"Lily" (code-name), 263
Lithuania, 5253, 261262
Litvak, Anatole, 8990, 94
Litvinov, Maxim, 165
Long, Dewey, 222
Lublin, 142, 169170, 173174, 176177, 187, 210
Lukacek, Joseph K., 9495
Lviv (formerly Lwów), 170172, 174175
declared as Ukrainian city, 170171
ex-POWs, 205208
Jews in, 169170
Yalta negotiations, 193
Majdanek camp, 169170
Maksimov, Viktor, 80, 182, 241, 258260
Malta meeting, 176177, 187
Malyshev, Yulii, 6567
Manko, Hanna, 262266
Manko, Terentii, 263267
Manning, Charles N., 2829
maps
bases and air routes, map of, x
secret Soviet air maps, 246247
Mark, Bertha (Markoosha), 155156, 232, 280281
"Markov" (code-name), 80, 182
marriages, 115116, 235
husbands reporting on wives, 266267
between US airmen and Soviet women, 110, 115
war brides, 115116
Marshall, George C., 7, 19, 144, 225226, 228, 251252
Marshall Plan, 251252
Martin, Edward, 143
Marxism, 285286
Massing, Hede, 272273
Massing, Paul, 272273
Matles, John, 188189, 206208, 216217
"Matsulevich" (code-name), 181182
Mazepa, Ivan, 38
McCarthy, Joseph, 271, 278, 285286
McCarthyism, 271, 280
McCartney, George, 57
McCartney, Igor, 57
McHenry, George A., 167
mechanics and repairmen, 6567, 124, 241
medical profession, Soviet, 8384
Meister, Rudolf, 9093
Melamedov (Soviet officer), 214
Melby, John, 224
Merkulov, Vsevolod, 76, 244
Merriam, Charles Edward, 8182
metal matting for airstrips, 3536
MGB (Ministry of State Security) surveillance, 261267
Mielec, Poland, 5253, 6263, 7374
"Mikhailova" (code-name), 181
Mikołajczyk, Stanisław, 138, 165166
military boots, 6768
military counterintelligence service, 7586
Millard, Pauline Nan, 268
mines, unexploded, 9597
misappropriation. See theft of US goods and supplies
Mishchenko, Philip, 168, 233235, 258259
Molotov, John, 9
Molotov, Viacheslav, 35, 911, 13, 1519, 21, 33, 46, 52, 6263, 99, 135136, 139142, 144145, 152153, 165166, 193195, 212213, 218219, 222, 224226, 228229
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 165166
Mongjow, Ray, 181182
morale and discipline, 49, 54, 63, 101, 112113, 125, 133134, 145, 152153, 159, 226228
Morgenthau, Henry, 253254
Morgenthau Plan, 253
Moscow, 135
Japanese diplomats in, 135136
Military Mission in Moscow, 8788
night life, 136
Moscow show trials of 1930s, 139
Moskalenko, Ivan, 248249
"Moskvichka" (code-name), 157158, 218
Mowery, Ralph, 108
Mozhaeva, Nina, 178
Murphy, Hill, 205
My Lives in Russia (Fischer), 232
Myhra, Palmer, 61, 6465, 101, 105106, 110, 151152, 287, 290291
Mykhailo (Soviet soldier), 265266
Myrhorod air base, 24, 5152, 6566, 73, 100, 151
Nahuliak, Onufrii, 219220
Nansen, Sonya, 115116
Natalia, 233
negotiations for establishing bases, 1220
breakthrough, 1819, 21
landing rights vs. bases, 18
second front as bargaining chip, viiviii, 47, 13, 1517, 1920
Nelson, Donald M., 26
Nesina, Taisia, 130
New Year’s party, 176185
Newell, Robert H., 3435, 6869
Nicholas II, 34
Nicholson, Donald, 183, 205206
Nicolaeff, Peter, 108, 133134, 256
night fighters, 9394, 100, 102, 123
Nikitin, Aleksei, 2124, 3536, 4041, 46, 63, 102, 190
Nikolaev, Peter, 8586
Normandy invasion. See Europe, invasion of
Northway, T. H., 108
Novikov, Aleksandr, 2122, 63, 242244
nuclear technology
McCarthyism, 271
world power shift, viii
nudity, 105106
Nuremberg trials, 255
nurses, 49, 6364, 113, 118, 128, 136, 183, 216, 235, 259260
Odesa transit camps, 200204, 206210
Office of Special Investigations (OSI), 272273
officers and enlisted servicemen, relationships between, 67
oil refinery targets, 23, 5253, 8889
Old, Archie J, Jr., 8890, 94, 9697
Operation Bagration, 123, 194
Operation Frantic. See Frantic shuttle-bombing operations
Order of the Legion of Merit, 5556, 63
orgy, 183184
Orwell, George, 156157
Osóbka-Morawski, Edward, 169170
Pacific, war in, viiviii, 141, 187, 191193, 196, 218219, 227228
Soviet air bases, 8, 153154, 164165, 192193, 228
Panther tank production in Germany, 143144
Parakhin, Yefim, 260
paratrooper detachments, 59
Paris Peace Conference, 193
Parton, James, 34, 6365, 69, 284
Pashinina, Zinaida, 84
pass system, 179
Pavel (Soviet officer), 265266
Peremyshl region, 173
Perminov, Aleksandr, 34, 37, 4749, 51, 5557, 80, 8790, 97, 100, 102, 109, 112, 119121, 125129, 133134, 158159, 183, 241
Peter I, 38
Pipkin, Leroy G., 135136
planes, types of, 5
planning for shuttle-bombing mission, 2131
Ploesti, Romania, 5253
Pockrandt, Fritz, 92
Poland, 135147
arrival of Red Army, 170
Curzon Line, 165166, 193
and Holocaust, 71, 169171, 173174
intelligence gathering on Soviet presence in, 164175
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 67
“population exchange” between Poland and Ukraine, 173174
post-war future, 67, 137138, 142, 165167, 176177
tension between Soviets and Poles, 167168
US POWs in, 200
Yalta negotiations, 193, See also Lviv (formerly Lwów); Warsaw uprising
Polish government in London, 165166
Polish Home Army, 138139, 142, 171, 203
politics and economics, differences, 6667, 7273
Poltava air bases, 24, 4950
absence of effective air defenses, 9294
allies becoming adversaries, 250251
ban on flights to and from, 220221
closing of base, 224235
Cold War spies, 250269
continuing operation of Poltava base, 153154
court-martial of US officer, 221
German bombing of, 87103
in limbo state, 151163
map, x
number of Americans posted at Poltava-area bases, 8081
number of US servicemen at, 78
official name, 8788
poverty around, 3940
POWs, logistical hub for return to US, 198199
preparation for armed conflict at Poltava base, 211219
preparations for shuttle-bombing operations, 3241
selection of, 24
suspension of shuttle-bombing operations, 154
as watchtower for US interests in Eastern Europe, 164175
preparation for shuttle-bombing mission, 2131
prisoners of war, 198210
mistreatment, 199, 201202, 207210
rescue missions, 200, 202, 204207
traitors vs. heroes, 199, 203205, 288289
Yalta negotiations, 188, 194196
prostitution, 105, 109, 112113, 116, 180, 234
Przemyśl region, 173
purges by Stalin
Great Purge/Great Terror, 156158, 254255, 262, 272273
post-war purge of Soviet officers, 34, 242245
Pyriatyn air base, 73, 133134, 152153, 158159
map, x
selection as air base, 24
radar
distinguishing German planes from Soviet planes, 93
night fighters, radar-equipped, 102
radar/radio operators, xiv, 8, 25, 2728, 61, 65, 9899, 101, 105106, 151, 189
"Radiator" (code-name), 80
radio facilities, 161162, 211212, 255
Raleigh, Charles, 215216
rape, 113, 133134, 240
Rapier, Estill H., 135136
rats and rodents, 6869
Red Army. See Soviet forces
Reed, Donna, 132
refrigeration, 6869
refusal of US military to follow Soviet orders, 213215, 217
religion, issues of, 7071
Rembertów, 205
repair of bases in preparation for shuttle-bombing, 3241
repairs to damaged plains, 52, 65, 124, 167168
reparations from Germany, 240241
repatriation camps, 203204, 206207
rescue missions of POWs. See prisoners of war
restaurants on bases, 125126
Reverditto, Igor, 131134, 157158, 232233, 256, 262269
Reverditto, Tony, 268269
Reymond, Maurice, 75
von Ribbentrop, Joachim, 34, 165166
Richard (German officer), 267
Riga, Latvia, 5253
rocket science, German expertise, 241242
Roginskaia, Irina, 181182
Rokossovsky, Konstantin, 135137, 142, 200201
Romania, 67, 5253, 62, 7374, 122123
Romashevskaia, Lidia, 259
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 156
Roosevelt, Elliott, 3233, 37, 4546, 58, 247
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 15, 160, 165, 224
death of, 223224, 226, 229
health, 186187
selection of Averell Harriman, 68
Royal Air Force, 7, 14, 23, 59, 171, 268
"Roza" (code-name), 85
rubles vs. dollars, 126128, 130, 162, 168
rupture of Soviet-US cooperation, 211223, 246247
Ruslanova, Lidiia, 245
Russian Revolution, 34, 15, 57, 117, 120121, 285
Sachkov, Andrei, 241, 256, 260
Sakhalin Island, 192193
Saki air base, 187192, 197
salaries in rubles vs. dollars, 126127
Salisbury, Harrison, 4546
salvage of US airplanes after forced landings, 246
sanitary conditions, 6870, 84. See also bathing habits/bathing facilities
Savchuk (Soviet officer), 131
searchlights, 93, 101
second front. See Europe, invasion of
secrecy of operation, 10, 47, 5455
secret police, 7073, 75, 174, 218
limiting dating relationships, 114, 178182, See also espionage and intelligence gathering; SMERSH (Smert’ shpionam)
Selivanovsky, Nikolai, 248249
Semizhenova, Yelena, 234235
sexual encounters. See women
Shabelnik, Galina, 217218
Shakhurin, Aleksei, 242243
Shanderov, Morris, 215216, 221222
Shchepankov, Nikolai, 245248
Sheridan, Philip R., 125
Shimanov, Nikolai, 120121
Shimkin, Demitri, 273
"Shturman" (code-name), 80
shuttle-bombing, explained, 1415, 17
Siberian prison camp, 171
Sicily invasion, 45
Sivolobov, Ivan, 9596, 131, 217218
Slavin, Nikolai, 56, 5960, 191, 215217, 221
Sledin, Boris, 80
slit trenches, 9495
Slusar, Lieutenant Colonel, 61
SMERSH (Smert’ shpionam), 76, 101, 106107, 117121, 128129, 131, 153155, 157159, 163, 174175, 217221
Cold War espionage, 258259
“Death to Spies”, 76
limiting dating relationships, 114, 179184
official in charge of US personnel at Poltava, 174
purge of Soviet commanders by Stalin, 243244
Smirnova, Olga, 7273
Smith, Alexis, 132
soap, 6870
socializing with local women. See women
"Soiuznik" (code-name), 85
Sokolovsky, Vasilii, 252
Solodovnik, Maria, 259
Sorenson, Joseph M., 3637
Sorrell, Judson J., 107108
souvenirs, 6465
Soviet forces
Air Force, ixx, 15, 18, 2122, 34, 41, 68, 77, 108109, 120, 139140, 174175, 187, 211, 219, 242243, 246249, 258260
officers recruited as spies, 257
post-war purge, 34, 242245
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, 218219
Spaatz, Carl Andrew, 1819, 22, 2627, 3334, 4041, 5253, 59, 63, 74, 8788, 130, 139140, 152, 230231
Spaso House (US Ambassador’s Moscow residence), 1920, 47, 136
Spassky, Aleksei, 9899
Stalin, Joseph, 45, 12, 19, 62, 6768, 7071, 7677
Stalin, Vasilii, 242243
standard of living, comparative, 70
Stankevich, Yekaterina, 119120
Stasi foreign intelligence, 155, 255
stealing. See theft
Stimson, Henry L., 228229
The Strange Alliance (Dean), 284
Strippy, Clarence, 181
Strunnikov (reporter), 9899
Stubaus, R. G., 173
suicide, 195, 214
Sukhov, Georgii, 9597
Sullivan, Thomas F., 272274
supplies
abundance and waste of US goods and supplies, 6567, 7172, 97, 128
bartering, 162
left behind in Soviet Union, 239
Susloparov, Ivan, 230
suspension of operations, 151163
Sveshnikov, Konstantin, 7785, 118, 120121, 127, 131133, 157159, 174, 215, 258
"Taiga" (code-name), 267268
Taiwan, 271
Tandet, Philip, 119120, 256
tank production in Germany, 143144
target choices, 5253
advance of Soviet army, decreased number of targets, 123
Luftwaffe targets, 6263
oil refinery targets, 23, 5253, 8889
Tarnów, Poland, 167
technology
aviation technology knowledge, 45, 36, 6566, 241242, 286
continuing supply of newest aircraft, 45
German technological secrets, 249
shift in balance of power, viii
types of planes, 5
Tedder, Arthur, 189, 230
Teheran Conference, 5860
tension in relationship. See deterioration of Soviet-US relations
territorial acquisitions by Soviet Union
1939 Poland, 67, 137
post-war. See Eastern Europe
theater company, 131132
theft of US goods and supplies, 124, 128129, 151, 160162, 242, 245247
theft/plunder of German property, 239249
“third front” in Eastern Europe, 4647
"Tishchenko" (code-name), 265
Tommy (American sergeant), 6667, 115
trade, illicit. See black-marketeering
Trans-Siberian railway, 164165
Trimble, Robert, 206208, 221222, 227, 231, 235
“trophy case”, 244245, 247249
Trotskyites, 157158, 256
Truman, Harry, 225226, 228229, 251, 253
Truman Doctrine, 251
trust between Soviets and Americans, 133134, 189190, 250251, 255
distrust, x, 133134
shared humanity, 11
Tupitsyn, P. A., 9597
Turkey, 1617, 251
Ukraine
anti-Soviet ideology, 7073
Cold War espionage suspicion, 260
folk art, 128
genocide, 70
Orange Revolution, 291292
“population exchange” between Poland and Ukraine, 173174
Revolution of Dignity, ixx
starvation of Ukrainians, 3940, 70
Third Reich invasion, 71
US takeover of, 7172
Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 173
Ukrainian nationalist organization, 219220
unexploded mines, 9597
uniforms, 6768, 227
United Nations, 10, 187, 191192, 196, 222, 224
University of Wisconsin, 271272
Upper Silesia, 122123
Valentine’s Day party at US base, 183184, 220
Valia (Ukrainian woman), 132, 182183
"Vasilii" (code-name), 180
venereal disease, 114
Victory in Europe Day, 230231
Vietnam, 271
Vilnius, 5253
Viola (Ukrainian woman), 111
Vistula River, 123, 136137, 142143, 145146
Vlasov, Andrei, 203204, 273274
von Ribbentrop, Joachim, 34, 165166
Vyshinsky, Andrei, 139, 155156
Walsh, Robert L., 8790, 102, 107109, 127, 133134, 139140, 146, 152, 247, 251254, 286
Warsaw uprising, 135147, 171, 193, 286
deterioration of Soviet-US relations, 136, 140142, 147
prisoners, 203
supply drop to insurgents from Poltava-area bases, 139146
weather issues, 15, 17, 4041, 6263, 7374, 122123, 132, 146, 175, 178, 202
collaboration by weathermen, 65
Yalta, 187, 190
West Germany, 239240
Whipple, William, 253254
whistling in Soviet culture, 48
White movement/White Guards, 117, 119121, 132, 158159
Whitman, Howard, 104107
Williamson, Charles, 57
Wilmeth, James D., 200, 202204, 207210, 214
Wiseheart, Robert, 171172, 174175, 183, 205206
Wloch, Lothar, 254255
Wolf, Konrad, 254255
Wolf, Markus (Mischa), 155, 255
Wolff, Karl, 212213, 255256
women
attacks on women who developed relationships with Americans, 107108, 111, 114115, 118, 120121, 178, 289
Axis Sally, 101
civilian vs. uniformed women, 110111, 119, 121
dating between US servicemen and Soviet women, 104121
espionage, 106108, 259260, 262269
female civilian secret service, 7980
French women, 116
German women, 113114
marriage. See marriages
morale requiring sexual activity, 112113
New Year’s party, 176185
norms of sexual in Soviet Union army, 105, 113114
nudity, 105106
nurses, 49, 6364, 113, 118, 128, 136, 183, 216, 235, 259260
orgy, 183184
prisoners of war, 207
prostitution, 105, 109, 112113, 116, 180, 234
rape, 113, 133134, 240
relationships with Germans and Hungarians, 266267
relationships with US servicemen, 104121, 151, 168, 175185, 197, 233235, 289
runway construction by, 5051
secret police limiting dating relationships, 114
venereal disease, 114
worsenening Soviet-American relations, 129130, 132
workers’ movement, 179, 255
Yalta conference, 173174, 176177, 184197
agreements in jeopardy, 222
effect on Roosevelt, 226
objectives, 187, 191192
Polish governance, 228229
prisoners of war, 194196, 203204
traps and loopholes of document signed at Yalta, 195196
weather, 187, 190
“Yankee Doodle II”, 5455
Yerko, Major A., 159
Zhavoronkov, Semen, 190191
Zhukov, Georgii, 30, 230, 239245, 247, 252
Zinaida, 262263, 267268
Zorin, Anatolii, 7783, 85, 118, 131, 157158, 174175, 182185, 217220, 258, 277282
Zvavich, Isaak, 8283