Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Henry Mucci’s rescue of POWs from Cabanatuan Prison Camp

On the face of it, it looked to be a rescue mission with little chance of success. Reports had filtered through of the most terrible…

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…

India Firming Up Plans To Further Expand Navy With Another New Aircraft Carrier

India’s second aircraft carrier will be powered by nuclear energy, the latest report prepared by prominent Defense journalist Ajay Shukla says. The Navy already has…

Author’s Latest Work Tells Tale Of Operation Torch In WWII

Vincent O’Hara has written or co-written eleven books about military history.  Most of them were published by the Naval Institute Press, who named him their…

A Small German Museum Displays A Big Collection Of Uncomfortable Art From The Nazi Era

Scary. Concerning. There are, perhaps, no two adjectives that so accurately describe Nazi art. “Museum Unter Tage” in Bochum is showing Nazi artworks to show…

Thousands March In Red Square To Commemorate Russian Sacrifice In WW2

Russia commemorated the 75th anniversary of the parade in 1941 when Soviet Union soldiers headed for the wartime front lines of WWII. Thousands of Russian…

Second World War Pilot’s Heroic WW2 Service Recognized With Silver Star Medal

Seventy-three years after his heroic action in the fall of 1943, Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. John G. Caraberis was recognized with the posthumous awarding…

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…

A World War II Veteran Who Fought At Normandy And The Battle Of The Bulge – He Made It Home In 1945

The stories which veteran Bob Grobelny of Westlake, Ohio, could tell of his Second World experiences would fill a book…or two. Now 94, he saw…

Grandson’s Efforts Lead To Silver Star And Purple Heart For WWI Veteran

If not for grandson Mark Goodman, Pfc. John Barnard Goodman’s 20 descendants would not have been present at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, recently to receive…

The US Navy’s New Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyer – High-Tech, Powerful… But Hugely Expensive

The US Navy’s newest destroyer, USS Zumwalt, is the most modern – and the most expensive – warship in US naval history. The vessel is incredibly…

96-Year-Old World War II Veteran Runs New York Marathon

Jonathan Mendes participated in the New York Marathon and spent 11 hours and 20 minutes of running.  The 96-year-old veteran of World War II and…