Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

After 70 Years Hidden In A Drawer, A German WW2-Era Rolex Has Been Sold For More Than £50,000

A unique German military watch which lay forgotten in a drawer in a house in Lanarkshire, Scotland for approximately 70 years generated more than £54,000…

How SS Commando Otto ‘Scarface’ Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel After WW2

German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…

Top 10 Horribly Inaccurate War Movies – With Trailers!

The majority of people do not directly take part in the wars going around the world. Therefore, it is very significant that people know the…

Bullet Discovered By Archaeologists Changes Views On Lawrence Of Arabia

Researchers have new evidence corroborating TE Lawrence’s account of his activities in the Arab revolt 100 years ago. Archaeologists have spent the last ten years…

Terrifying Story From Pearl Harbor: Three Sailors Trapped In The USS West Virginia For 16 Days

In the aftermath of the attacks on Pearl Harbor during World War Two, stories emerged of sailors who were trapped in the sunken battleships. Some…

Honor Flight Takes Veterans to See WW2 Memorial in Washington DC

The Greater Peoria Honor Flight is preparing to take twenty WWII veterans to see the WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. One of them, Bob Shaver,…

A Feast for Second World War Collectors

Price records were broken last week with the D-Day auction of all contents of the Normandy Tank Museum. The auction by Artcurial of Paris was…

Fast Facts: America’s Newest Stealth Bomber

Aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman in winning the competition for a new strategic bomber, the B-21, has set to work on design and engineering for the…

American Marine Who Survived Dreadful Injuries in The Korean War

Reading a work of fiction about combat experience in war can leave the reader feeling uncomfortable and disconcerted. Reading an actual account of wartime from…

The Assignment of a Lifetime – Secret Service Agent Transporting Incredibly Valuable Documents

It may have been the greatest assignment of Secret Service agent Harry E. Neal’s life. Neal had started his work day on December 26, 1941,…

Colorado World War II Veteran Celebrates His 100th Birthday

As he took refuge in a foxhole at an English air base to shield himself from German rockets droning above him, George Brienza questioned if…

I Survived A Firing Squad

Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is…