Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

The Most Unlucky U-Boat Of WWII Yields Fascinating Photographs

Wilhelm Hinrichs was a First Officer in the German Navy during World War II. He served on what was perhaps the least successful U-boat in…

Storm Exposes Historic Shipwreck and WW2 Coastal Defences

The remains of the Jeune Hortense, a French brigantine which ran aground more than 130 years ago, have once again been revealed thanks to a…

The House of Horrors – Amon Göth’s house sold for conversion to Luxury Villa

The former home of Amon Goeth, infamous commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland, has been sold for conversion into a…

Discovering the stories of forgotten casualties of WW2

Claudine Adroit of Montigny, France, has dedicated herself to locating and visiting the families of seven deceased crew members of a Lancaster bomber shot down…

Call of Duty: Next Game Release Will Go “Back to Its Roots”

Activision stated during its most recent earnings report that “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” failed to meet their sales expectations. They also said that it…

“A time to be stealthy and a time to be lethal” – Well-Timed Brutality in Sniper Elite 4

According to the narrator in Sniper Elite 4’s launch trailer, “Timing is everything.” During the trailer, Karl Fairburne, the game’s protagonist, manages to slit the…

Returning Home At Last – January Burial Of A Missing Army Major

The Department of Defence POW/MLA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced recently that the remains of a serviceman, Army Maj. Jack D. Griffiths, 31, of San Diego,…

The Unknown Soldiers of the Korean War – Innovative Technology Allows Identification

Another American soldier who lost his life in the Korean War has been identified and will be returned to his homeland for a funeral with…

Honored on her 100th Birthday – Pilot Who flew Spitfires and Bombers in WW2

Mary Ellis is one of the last surviving Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. She was surprised by a party in her honor at the Sandown Airport…

State of Emergency – Citizens Evacuated as 500lb WW2 Bomb discovered in Greece

70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki were evacuated to allow experts to defuse a WWII-era bomb. The bomb was discovered by an excavation…

No respect – beautifully-preserved WW2 shipwrecks being torn apart for scrap

There were three Japanese naval ships at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Borneo. Now, thanks to illegal salvage operations, there is…

91 year old WWII Veteran Surprised at breakfast with Purple Heart from the Battle of Iwo Jima

On Wednesday morning, Lee Anderson, 91, headed for the same restaurant he eats at every day with the same friends and eating the same meal.…