Lucius Clay Historical Figure Nationality: United States Date of Birth: 1897 Date of Death: 1978 Cause of Death: Natural Causes Occupation: Soldier Affiliations: United States Army Turtledove Appearances: The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 Type of Appearance: Direct

Lucius Dubignon Clay (1897–1978) was an American general and military governor best known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II, replacing Dwight Eisenhower from 1946-1947. He retired in 1949. Clay is considered the "father" of the Berlin Airlift (1948–49).

Clay did not see actual combat during the war. After retiring, Clay served in a variety of advisory positions to subsequent presidents.

Lucius Clay in The Man With the Iron HeartEdit

During Lucius Clay's governorship of Germany, the German Freedom Front intensified its attacks against the Allied occupation. Clay was a vocal supporter of continued occupation.^[1] Atlhough Clay's tenure saw he death of Reinhard Heydrich and the public celebration of those who brought Heydrich to justice,^[2] it was too little too late. Congrees refused to continue funding the occupation, and so American forces withdrew.

Clay presided over the withdrawal into 1948.

1. ↑ The Man With the Iron Heart, pg. 369-71.
2. ↑ Ibid., pgs. 504-7.

v · d · e The Man With the Iron Heart POV Characters Wes Adams*†• Vladimir Bokov • Bernie Cobb • Jerry Duncan • Frankfurt Guard*• Rolf Halbritter* • Reinhard Heydrich† • Ivan Koniev*† • Konrad* • Diana McGraw • Cedric Mitchell* • Ernst Neulen*† • Joachim Peiper • Charlie Pytlak*† • Tom Schmidt • Smitty (Iron Heart)* • Jürgen Voss*† • Lou Weissberg Secondary Characters Konrad Adenauer • Toby Benton • Shmuel Birnbaum • Lucius Clay • Howard Frank • Johannes Klein • Joseph W. Martin • Ed McGraw • Sam Rayburn • Moisei Shteinberg • Robert Taft • Harry Truman • Karl Wirtz Geography Germany *=Denotes POV for one scene only. †=Denotes POV who was killed.