Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Hitler Considered Occupying The Small English Isle of Wight in WWII – It Could Have Changed History

Dr. Robert Forczyk, a military historian, analyzed German military records and found that Adolf Hitler had suggested the Nazis invade the Isle of Wight.  The…

Attorney Parks WWII Tank in Front of Multi-Million Dollar Home and the Neighbors are Not Pleased

Tony Buzbee is an attorney in Houston. Tony Buzbee is also a history buff. Tony Buzbee, the attorney and history buff, spent $600,000 on a…

Cool footage: Out of fuel Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights

An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…

Adolf Hitler’s underpants he left behind at a luxury Austrian hotel sold for $5000 at auction

There are a lot of strange things that end up on the auction block.  A slice of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding cake…

Albert Speer, Jr., International Architect Passes Away at 83 Years Old

Albert Speer, Jr. was famous throughout the world for his architecture. He was also infamous for being the son of one of Adolf Hitler’s close…

Last Remaining LCT from D-Day to be Restored

The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, was awarded a $6m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money is the…

WW2: Accidental Detonation of 4,000 Tons of Explosives In England Killed 70 and Scarred the Land Forever

On November 27th, 1944, seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion…

The MiG 23 that flew for 560 miles without the pilot then crashed in a farm killing a boy

The cold war is littered with near ‘nuclear apocalypse’ misses, technological and aviation advancement and a fair number of peculiar incidents. One such bizarre event…

Black German Woman Shocked To Learn Her Grandfather Was Amon Goeth, One Of The Worst Nazis Of WWII

Jennifer Teege is a living manifestation of overcoming challenges to live a full and rewarding life.  This young lady was born to a German mother…

Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, A Terrible Tragedy of WW2, When A Thousand Allied Prisoners Lost Their Lives

It is inevitable that in war there will be tragedies, but few can match the sheer heartlessness and unnecessary loss of life that occurred with…

Led By A Retired FBI Agent, These Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Finally Identify Anne Frank’s Betrayer

A team led by Vince Pankoke has reopened the investigation in an attempt to find out who betrayed Anne Frank. The team will use artificial…

Researchers Document SS Thistlegorm Site With High Resolution Images

The University of Nottingham has started the Thistlegorm Project in hopes of documenting and preserving this important artifact of history.  Dr. Jon Henderson is the…