agriculture in Soviet Union, 39–
40,
64,
70
air rescue missions of POWs, 198–
210
alcohol consumption and drunkenness, 12–
14,
40,
64–
65,
109,
125–
127,
131,
133,
160,
177,
183,
247
American flag display, 226
Arkazanov, Konstanin Petrovich, 131–
132
arms production, German expertise, 241–
242
Arnold, Henry “Hap”, 7–
8,
14–
15,
18–
19,
21–
22,
26,
33–
34,
74,
146,
153,
242–
243
arrival of U.S. servicemen, 21,
45–
52
automobiles, possession of U.S. cars by Soviet officers, 229
aviation technology knowledge, 4–
5,
36,
65–
66,
241–
242
inferior quality of Soviet aircraft industry, 242–
243
"Avtomat" (code-name), 80
Babich, Daniil (Babych, Danylo), 257–
258
Baltic states, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 6–
7
Bashkirov, Senior Lieutenant, 93
beds and bed linens, 68–
69
Belov, Lieutenant Colonel, 219
Bohlen, Charles “Chip”, 273,
279
"Boikaia" (code-name), 80
bombs for explosion on contact, 95–
97
Borodej, Mieczysław Karol, 171
Britain
Frantic II mission, 87–
89
Polish government-in-exile in, 137
Polish insurgents, supply drops, 138–
139,
146
return of servicemen from Soviet Union, 152
Carpenter, Cherry C., 133
cars, possession of American cars by Soviets, 229,
246–
248
Casablanca Conference, 5–
6
Chernetsky, Colonel, 71–
72
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 271
Cold War, 250–
282
Americans as main adversaries, 261
Communist ideology, 16,
66–
67,
285–
286
anti-Soviet ideology in Ukraine, 70–
73
apprehension of foreign presence in Soviet territory, 15–
16,
19–
20
Communist Party, expulsion, 129–
130
construction and repair of bases in preparation for shuttle-bombing, 32–
41
courting local women. See women
Crimea (Yalta) conference, 186–
197
Curtis, Edward Peck, 40–
41,
58
dating among U.S. servicemen and Soviet women, 104–
121
Deane, John Russell (Russ)
success of mission, evaluation, 284–
286
defective Soviet airplanes, 242–
243
departure of airmen from Soviet Union, 151–
163
deterioration of Soviet-U.S. relations, 160–
161,
163,
177,
184–
185,
231,
252,
284–
286,
288
blockade of West Berlin, 252–
253
decreased number of targets with advance of Soviet army, 123
disobedience/refusal to follow Soviet orders, 213–
215,
217
grounding of U.S. airplanes, 216–
217
need for new and closer bases, 123–
124
rupture of Soviet-U.S. cooperation, 211–
223
Displaced Persons’ camps in Germany, 272
diversity within U.S. ranks, 67
"Dmitrieva" (code-name), 264
dual/double citizenship, 279–
280
Eastern Europe
air bases as watchtower for US interests in Eastern Europe, 164–
175
installation of communist-led governments, 195
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 6–
7
economics and politics, differences, 66–
67
espionage and intelligence gathering, ix–
x,
xiii–
xiv,
70–
72,
75–
86,
117–
118,
170–
171,
191,
193–
194,
196,
217–
218,
232–
234,
270–
282,
289–
290
assumption that Americans had come to spy on Soviets, 76–
77,
81
Eastern Europe, US interests in, 164–
175
Poland, US airmen’s reports regarding Soviet presence in, 164–
175
“proof” of US espionage activities, 118
Europe, invasion of, 46–
47,
59–
63
goals of shuttle-bombing operations, 23
timing of first air raid, 63
evacuation of servicemen from Ukrainian air bases, 151–
163
executions for anti-Soviet activities, 264–
265
fears by Soviets of foreign presence in Soviet territory, 15–
16,
19–
20
Fedorov, Lieutenant General, 219
"Fedotov" (code-name), 266–
267
Fischer, George (Yurii)
departure from Soviet Union, 231–
232
importance of position, 155,
157
suspicion of espionage activity by Soviets, 271,
277–
278
suspicion of espionage activity by US, 272–
279
flak artillery, 52,
54–
55,
74,
89,
94,
99–
100,
102,
113,
139,
145,
214
food, 63–
64,
66
left behind in Soviet Union, 239–
240
starvation of Ukrainians, 39–
40,
70
storage and hygiene, 68–
69
A Frantic Saga (Myhra), 287
Frantic shuttle-bombing operations
suspension of operations, 151–
163
Ganchukova, Galina (Galia), 174–
175
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, 3–
4
inflation and monetary reforms, 252
invasion of Soviet Union, 4
military maneuvers by Soviet Union, 251–
252
Poltava air base officers in administration of occupied Germany, 250
Red Army’s entrance into, 240–
241
Stasi foreign intelligence, 155,
255
“unconditional surrender”, 5 See also Berlin
Gillars, Mildred Elizabeth, 101
Gogol, Nikolai (Hohol, Mykola), 4,
24,
38–
39
Gruenberg, Ernest M., 201
Hampton, Thomas, 154–
155,
158,
168–
172,
174–
175,
178–
179,
184–
185,
188–
191,
196–
197,
200,
202,
212,
214–
215,
217–
218,
220–
221,
226–
227,
231–
233,
248,
286
Harriman, Averell
success of operation, evaluation, 286
Harriman, Kathleen (Kathy), 8–
9,
11–
13,
47–
49,
51,
55–
57,
61–
62,
136,
154–
155,
169–
170,
187–
188,
224
Holzman, Franklyn, xiv,
65,
105–
106,
128,
177–
178,
216–
217,
227,
233,
283–
284,
287–
288,
290
hospital facilities
Soviet health care system, 83–
84
Hrynko-Okolovych, Halyna, 249
International News Service, 9
Internationale, socialist hymn, 9–
10
invasion of Soviet Union by Germany, 4
Japan
Japanese diplomats in Moscow, 135–
136
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, 218–
219
jealousy of local men toward Americans who were dating local women, 114–
115
Kessler, Alfred, 24,
26,
33–
34,
55–
56,
70,
80,
87–
90,
94,
97,
102,
109–
110,
112,
133–
134,
154–
155,
158–
159
Khalturin (Soviet officer), 93–
94
"Konstantinov" (code-name), 80
Kosmodemianskaia, Zoia, 97–
98
Kotliarevsky, Ivan, 38–
39
Kovalev, Stepan, 182–
185,
189–
191,
200,
202,
211–
214,
216,
219–
221,
226–
227,
230–
231,
234,
239–
242,
245–
249,
253,
258–
259
Kowal, Michael, 158–
159,
161–
162,
168,
170–
171,
174,
181–
183,
221,
226,
232–
233,
286
Krakow area of Poland, 122–
123
Krasnov, Senior Lieutenant, 93
Kuznetsov, Aleksandr, 98–
99
"Kuznetsova" (code-name), 265
Kvochkin (Soviet pilot), 161–
162
landing rights vs. bases, negotiations for, 18
language issues, 48–
49,
80,
248,
257
Russian language knowledge by Americans, 75–
76,
78,
81,
83,
85,
117,
119,
131–
134,
155,
157–
158,
172,
179,
233–
234
Lavlinskaia, Natalia, 260
Lazarchuk, Michael, 85–
86
leather jackets, bartering, 162
Let’s Tell the Truth about Sex (Whitman), 104–
105
Lukacek, Joseph K., 94–
95
Manning, Charles N., 28–
29
maps
bases and air routes, map of, x
secret Soviet air maps, 246–
247
"Markov" (code-name), 80,
182
marriages, 115–
116,
235
husbands reporting on wives, 266–
267
between US airmen and Soviet women, 110,
115
"Matsulevich" (code-name), 181–
182
medical profession, Soviet, 83–
84
Melamedov (Soviet officer), 214
Merkulov, Vsevolod, 76,
244
Merriam, Charles Edward, 81–
82
metal matting for airstrips, 35–
36
MGB (Ministry of State Security) surveillance, 261–
267
"Mikhailova" (code-name), 181
military counterintelligence service, 75–
86
Millard, Pauline Nan, 268
Molotov, Viacheslav, 3–
5,
9–
11,
13,
15–
19,
21,
33,
46,
52,
62–
63,
99,
135–
136,
139–
142,
144–
145,
152–
153,
165–
166,
193–
195,
212–
213,
218–
219,
222,
224–
226,
228–
229
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 165–
166
morale and discipline, 49,
54,
63,
101,
112–
113,
125,
133–
134,
145,
152–
153,
159,
226–
228
Moscow, 135
Japanese diplomats in, 135–
136
Military Mission in Moscow, 87–
88
Moscow show trials of 1930s, 139
My Lives in Russia (Fischer), 232
Mykhailo (Soviet soldier), 265–
266
negotiations for establishing bases, 12–
20
landing rights vs. bases, 18
nurses, 49,
63–
64,
113,
118,
128,
136,
183,
216,
235,
259–
260
Office of Special Investigations (OSI), 272–
273
officers and enlisted servicemen, relationships between, 67
Order of the Legion of Merit, 55–
56,
63
Osóbka-Morawski, Edward, 169–
170
Panther tank production in Germany, 143–
144
paratrooper detachments, 59
Paris Peace Conference, 193
Pavel (Soviet officer), 265–
266
Perminov, Aleksandr, 34,
37,
47–
49,
51,
55–
57,
80,
87–
90,
97,
100,
102,
109,
112,
119–
121,
125–
129,
133–
134,
158–
159,
183,
241
planning for shuttle-bombing mission, 21–
31
Poland, 135–
147
intelligence gathering on Soviet presence in, 164–
175
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 6–
7
“population exchange” between Poland and Ukraine, 173–
174
tension between Soviets and Poles, 167–
168
Polish government in London, 165–
166
politics and economics, differences, 66–
67,
72–
73
Poltava air bases, 24,
49–
50
absence of effective air defenses, 92–
94
allies becoming adversaries, 250–
251
ban on flights to and from, 220–
221
continuing operation of Poltava base, 153–
154
court-martial of US officer, 221
German bombing of, 87–
103
number of Americans posted at Poltava-area bases, 80–
81
number of US servicemen at, 78
POWs, logistical hub for return to US, 198–
199
preparation for armed conflict at Poltava base, 211–
219
preparations for shuttle-bombing operations, 32–
41
suspension of shuttle-bombing operations, 154
as watchtower for US interests in Eastern Europe, 164–
175
preparation for shuttle-bombing mission, 21–
31
purges by Stalin
post-war purge of Soviet officers, 34,
242–
245
radar
distinguishing German planes from Soviet planes, 93
night fighters, radar-equipped, 102
radar/radio operators, xiv,
8,
25,
27–
28,
61,
65,
98–
99,
101,
105–
106,
151,
189
"Radiator" (code-name), 80
refusal of US military to follow Soviet orders, 213–
215,
217
religion, issues of, 70–
71
repair of bases in preparation for shuttle-bombing, 32–
41
reparations from Germany, 240–
241
Richard (German officer), 267
rocket science, German expertise, 241–
242
Romashevskaia, Lidia, 259
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 15,
160,
165,
224
selection of Averell Harriman, 6–
8
salaries in rubles vs. dollars, 126–
127
Salisbury, Harrison, 45–
46
salvage of US airplanes after forced landings, 246
Savchuk (Soviet officer), 131
Selivanovsky, Nikolai, 248–
249
sexual encounters. See women
"Shturman" (code-name), 80
shuttle-bombing, explained, 14–
15,
17
Siberian prison camp, 171
Slusar, Lieutenant Colonel, 61
SMERSH (Smert’ shpionam), 76,
101,
106–
107,
117–
121,
128–
129,
131,
153–
155,
157–
159,
163,
174–
175,
217–
221
official in charge of US personnel at Poltava, 174
purge of Soviet commanders by Stalin, 243–
244
socializing with local women. See women
"Soiuznik" (code-name), 85
Sorenson, Joseph M., 36–
37
Soviet forces
Air Force, ix–
x,
15,
18,
21–
22,
34,
41,
68,
77,
108–
109,
120,
139–
140,
174–
175,
187,
211,
219,
242–
243,
246–
249,
258–
260
officers recruited as spies, 257
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, 218–
219
Spaatz, Carl Andrew, 18–
19,
22,
26–
27,
33–
34,
40–
41,
52–
53,
59,
63,
74,
87–
88,
130,
139–
140,
152,
230–
231
Spaso House (US Ambassador’s Moscow residence), 19–
20,
47,
136
standard of living, comparative, 70
Stankevich, Yekaterina, 119–
120
Stasi foreign intelligence, 155,
255
The Strange Alliance (Dean), 284
Strunnikov (reporter), 98–
99
supplies
abundance and waste of US goods and supplies, 65–
67,
71–
72,
97,
128
left behind in Soviet Union, 239
suspension of operations, 151–
163
Sveshnikov, Konstantin, 77–
85,
118,
120–
121,
127,
131–
133,
157–
159,
174,
215,
258
tank production in Germany, 143–
144
target choices, 52–
53
advance of Soviet army, decreased number of targets, 123
technology
continuing supply of newest aircraft, 4–
5
German technological secrets, 249
shift in balance of power, viii
Teheran Conference, 58–
60
territorial acquisitions by Soviet Union
theft/plunder of German property, 239–
249
“third front” in Eastern Europe, 46–
47
"Tishchenko" (code-name), 265
Tommy (American sergeant), 66–
67,
115
Trans-Siberian railway, 164–
165
Ukraine
anti-Soviet ideology, 70–
73
Cold War espionage suspicion, 260
“population exchange” between Poland and Ukraine, 173–
174
Revolution of Dignity, ix–
x
starvation of Ukrainians, 39–
40,
70
Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 173
Ukrainian nationalist organization, 219–
220
University of Wisconsin, 271–
272
Valentine’s Day party at US base, 183–
184,
220
"Vasilii" (code-name), 180
Victory in Europe Day, 230–
231
Viola (Ukrainian woman), 111
Walsh, Robert L., 87–
90,
102,
107–
109,
127,
133–
134,
139–
140,
146,
152,
247,
251–
254,
286
weather issues, 15,
17,
40–
41,
62–
63,
73–
74,
122–
123,
132,
146,
175,
178,
202
collaboration by weathermen, 65
whistling in Soviet culture, 48
Wolf, Markus (Mischa), 155,
255
women
dating between US servicemen and Soviet women, 104–
121
female civilian secret service, 79–
80
morale requiring sexual activity, 112–
113
norms of sexual in Soviet Union army, 105,
113–
114
nurses, 49,
63–
64,
113,
118,
128,
136,
183,
216,
235,
259–
260
relationships with Germans and Hungarians, 266–
267
runway construction by, 50–
51
secret police limiting dating relationships, 114
worsenening Soviet-American relations, 129–
130,
132
“Yankee Doodle II”, 54–
55
Zorin, Anatolii, 77–
83,
85,
118,
131,
157–
158,
174–
175,
182–
185,
217–
220,
258,
277–
282