Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Breaking: 93-year-old Former Camp Guard Handed Suspended Sentence

Bruno Dey was given a two-year suspended sentence by a German court in what is likely one of the last cases involving a surviving Nazi…

Captain Sir Tom Moore Knighted in a Private Ceremony by the Queen

On Friday, 17th July 2020, Captain Sir Tom Moore received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Captain Sir Tom was accompanied by…

Fire on the Bonhomme Richard is a severe setback to the US Navy’s ambitions for the Indo-Pacific region

Right after undergoing two years of intensive refit and upgrading, the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship, burned through the night in San Diego harbor.…

Inscribed with a Message: Survivor Reunites with Family of GI who Gave her a Banknote

The banknote that changed her life. It was the summer of 1944, July in fact, when the Germans came for fourteen-year-old Lily Ebert and her…

They Want to Use a Crane Grab to Recover Short Stirling From the Lake

Plans to raise a Short Stirling bomber which crashed during World War II have come under criticism. The plane, BK716, was based at RAF Downham…

USS Gabrielle Giffords Still Missing Cruise Missile 9 Months After Firing One

Military enthusiasts around the world have been surprised to note that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Gabrielle Giffords is still operating in the South…

Air Force Delays Flight Testing of Laser Weapons System Due to Pandemic

As COVID-19 continues its plan to disrupt everything in the world, even the US Air Force is finding that it is as powerless before the…

UK Urged to Fund Memorial of French Sailors killed on Churchill’s Orders

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made what he called “the most hateful decision, the most unnatural and painful in which I’ve ever been concerned” on…

U.S. Army Releases a Video of Green Berets Training Alongside Taiwanese Forces in Taiwan

The U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group has released rare footage of the famous Green Berets training on the island of Taiwan. The government in…

Hero Pilot’s Book Enthralled the Country But Died Without Anyone his Knowing His Real Name

The author of a journal which was published as “Spitfire! The Experiences of a Fighter Pilot” was unknown to most of the world. With his…

Hope for New Royal Navy Supply Ships Being Built in Britain

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace brought hope to British shipbuilders that the £1.5billion deal to produce supply ships for the Royal Navy will stay within…

Satellite Images Give Early Warning of USA Expansion on Wake Island

Wake Island is perhaps one of the USA’s most remote Pacific island airbases, located somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, that projects American airpower deep into…