Rule — a dissolute British journalist and socialist; a former flame of Pamela Tudsbury. His main contribution is to provide a sarcastic commentary on the decline of the British Empire. Killed by a V2 rocket in London. Air Vice-Marshal Lord Burne-Wilke — A career RAF officer, he becomes engaged to Pamela Tudsbury in 1942. Badly injured in a plane crash in India, he dies of pneumonia soon after she breaks off the engagement in 1944. Commander Jim Grigg — Victor Henry's executive officer on the cruiser Northampton. Yuri Yevlenko - Red Army general who lost a hand in the Battle of Moscow, he is assigned to liaise with Victor Henry over Lend-Lease material and deliveries. He and his daughter in law provide a commentary on the Siege of Leningrad. Historical characters Adolf Hitler — As a speaking character, Hitler appears in the miniseries in a more prominent role than the novel. Erwin Rommel — Again, because of the requirements of television, Rommel plays a more prominent speaking role in the miniseries than in the novel. The story of Rommel's death becomes a dramatic element in the miniseries. Claus von Stauffenberg — The plot against Hitler, including von Stauffenberg's placing of a bomb, is more prominent in the miniseries than in the book, because of the visual drama. Adolf Eichmann — Eichmann appears in two sections of the novel and miniseries. In both cases, life for the Jastrows becomes worse. In the first, he orders Dr. Werner Beck, a German diplomat and Aaron Jastrow's former student, to figure out a way to convince the Italian authorities to deport Italian Jews into German control. In the second scene, he and a crony beat and bully Jastrow into accepting a position as a figurehead elder in Theresienstadt. An error in the miniseries is that Eichmann appears in November 1943 as a full SS-Colonel (SS-Standartenführer) when, in reality, Eichmann never rose above the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel). Rudolf Höss - SS Obersturmbannführer, the Auschwitz concentration camp commander. Franklin D. Roosevelt - President of the United States. Harry Hopkins — Hopkins, as a primary advisor to the president, carries out Roosevelt's grand policies. Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister. Dwight D. Eisenhower — General Eisenhower appears in the miniseries, and briefly towards the end of the novel, when he and Capt. Henry discuss aspects of the Normandy landings. William Halsey — Admiral Halsey's operational