Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Holocaust Memorial And Exhibition Being Hosted At The Oskar Schindler Factory

An unused factory in Brnenec, Czech Republic, will host a Holocaust memorial and exhibition. It was a manufacturing plant where German businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) provided…

Honor Flight Helps WWII Veteran Reflect On Moments Of Faith In War

Anthony Saputo landed on Utah Beach in France late in 1943 as part of an advance team preparing for the D-Day invasion that would occur…

The Search Continues For The Wreck Of Australia’s First Ever Submarine

Cairns resident Fritz Herscheid is a man on a mission.  He’s determined to find AE-1, Australia’s first submarine, which disappeared off the coast of Papua…

Emmet and Erling – Friends For Life – The War Veteran And The Toddler Who Bonded Over Tomatoes (Watch)

The bond between a Second World War veteran and a young boy was fostered by tomatoes. The way Erling Kindem told it, the tomatoes brought…

WW2: Powerful, Poignant Memories Of Normandy From An American Navy Veteran

US Navy Seaman Morris Dennis didn’t face any enemy gunfire when he came ashore on Normandy Beach on D-Day in 1944, but he certainly didn’t…

In Britain, The Ministry of Defense Confirms A Massive Selloff Of Its Property, Worth Over A Billion US Dollars

If you’ve been eyeing a golf course recently, not to putter on but buy, Britain could be the place to look. The British Ministry of…

Operation Black Sheep – Restoring A Rare Vietnam War-Era Patrol Boat, And Coming To Terms With History

Former Sergeant Robert Bowyer has always felt uneasy with the warm homecoming he received in 2005 after returning from his first of two tours in…

U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Progam Continues To Be Plagued With Problems

A superstitious person might be forgiven for thinking the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program, and in particular, the USS Montgomery, an Independence-Class ship,…

A needle in a haystack – the missing wedding ring of a WWI vet returned

Sorry the original article is missing but here is another great article: How often does a search for something small – such as a needle…

He Crossed Enemy Lines To Save His Family, Then Fought At Passchendaele

Richard Van Neste from Belgium volunteered for the Canadian Army on 4 January 1916.  At the time, he was married, had six kids and was…

Lost ‘Nuke’ Bomb From The Cold War May Have Been Discovered Off The Coast Of British Columbia

Diver Sean Smyrichinsky thought at first he had discovered a UFO when he recently came across a strange object on the ocean bottom off British…

WW1: The First And Last British Commonwealth Casualties Rest In The Same Belgian Cemetery

There were an estimated 66,000 Canadian soldiers who were killed during the First World War. George Lawrence Price was one of them. By many accounts,…