Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

New Documentation Shows Allies Were Aware of the Holocaust Over Two Years Earlier Than Previously Believed

Documentation has been discovered at the United Nations that shows the Allies were aware of the Holocaust two and a half years before previously assumed.…

P-38 Lightning – Historic WWII Plane Restored and Returned to Display in Alaska

P-38G-10-LO Lightning (SN 42-13400) is a warplane built by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation during World War II and delivered to the US Army for use…

Still Clearing Up After World War Two – Tons Of Ammunition Removed From Pacific Waters

During World War II, a Japanese barge carrying 8.5 tons of ammunition was sunk by US forces near the Peleliu Channel in the Republic of…

Looking Back On The Hunt For The Buried Spitfires

Some years ago an aircraft enthusiast got media coverage around the world by claiming the existence of a mysterious Spitfire burial ground in Myanmar, which…

Green Beret Who Kept 50 Men Alive in Vietnam Will Receive Medal of Honor

Gary Michael Rose retired as a captain in the US Army. It was as a sergeant that he performed the heroics that earned him the…

Remembering the Only Three Men to Ever Die in Space

Travelling to space and back to Earth, while glamorous, is not without its risks. Members of the Apollo 1 mission didn’t make it off of…

Strange and Unique Weapons From Military History

World War Two saw massive leaps in technology as the countries involved wanted to advance their military capabilities, medical support and communications over their enemies.…

The Infamous Unit 731 – Chinese Museum Displays Evidence of Japanese WWII War Crimes

Many have heard about the war atrocities of Joseph Mengele and his treatment of Jewish prisoners during World War II. Less publicized, however, is the…

The German Red Cross – Locating Missing Persons From WWII Up To The Present Day

Even though World War II ended over 70 years ago, the German Red Cross (in German, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz or DRK) still receives approximately 8,000…

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…

Five things Japan could have done differently, for a better chance of Winning in WWII

There was no possible way for Japan to compete against the US in WWII. As long as the US didn’t lose their will to fight…

When France Was Invaded By Nazi Germany, She Suffered A Rapid Defeat

How did the German Wehrmacht manage to defeat the combined armies of France and Britain in 1940 given France was militarily superior in many respects?…