Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Churchill’s War Rooms – An Underground WW2 Command Center In The Heart Of London, England

For someone who disliked the War Rooms during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill nevertheless carried on at winning the six-year conflict. Located only…

Simplicity – General Montgomery’s Battle Plan for D-Day Was Hand-Written On One Page

The D-Day invasion was one of the most complex military operations ever undertaken. 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel in one day, with support from…

Aid For US WW2 Veterans Who Were Exposed to Mustard Gas In Experiments

Current Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is planning to put forth legislation to help veterans of World War II who were exposed to mustard gas. These…

After the Battle of Shiloh Some Civil War Soldiers Actually Glowed in the Dark

There are many remarkable stories of the American Civil War. One of the most remarkable is the story of the soldiers who glowed in the…

Dazzling – The World War I Camouflage Trick That Could Be Reworked For the 21st Century

Ships were painted with zebra stripes in hopes of evading and deceiving the enemy during World War I. It was not entirely clear how effective…

The Misidentification Of The Marines at Both Iwo Jima Flag Raisings

Earlier this year, the US Marine Corps said that it had misidentified two Marines that helped to raise one of the flags atop Mount Suribachi…

The SAS: WW2 Pioneers of Guerilla Warfare Whose Exploits Have Long Remained Secret

The Special Air Service has been talked about in whispered voices for 75 years.  What it accomplished in World War II has barely been recognized,…

US Detention Camps in WWII Denied Japanese-Americans Basic Rights

Governors and representatives of 10 states in the western US met on April 7, 1942, with Milton S. Eisenhower, the director of the War Relocation…

88-Years Old And Still Brave – WW2 Veteran Performs One Last Parachute Jump

George O’Brien, 88, has bravery in abundance considering that as a WWII paratrooper he disliked jumping out of airplanes. He was terrified the first, second,…

Doors Opened On Secret Chinese Nuclear Plant – It Looks Like Something Out Of A Sci-Fi Movie (Watch)

At one time the subterranean nuclear base in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality was a closely held secret. Built to produce plutonium-239, 816 Nuclear Military Plant…

WW1 German U-Boat Discovered On The Seafloor – The Crew Said A Sea Monster Attacked Them

Scottish marine Engineers were laying undersea power cables when they came across the wreck of a World War I German U-boat sunk almost 100 years…

List of Japanese-Cubans Held in World War II Internment Camps Released

A Japanese-Cuban man who was sent to a Cuban internment camp during World War II found a list of the 350 people that were interned…