Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Watch: U.S. Marines Stage Massive Amphibious Assault Training Excercise in Korea

The US Marines have been stationed in Korea since the Korean War when they played an important role in throwing back the North Korean Communist…

WWII Pillbox Cleared for Demolition to Make Room for Apartment Building – Residents and Heritage Groups Protest

A World War II pillbox in San Ġwann on the island of Malta has been cleared for demolition by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage in…

It Looks Like the Wreckage of a German WW1 Battle of Jutland U-Boat Has Been Found

JD-Contractor A/S, a Danish diving contractor, has located a wreck off the coast of Jutland that it believes is UC-30, a German minelaying submarine that…

US Army Will Use Robots to Destroy a Huge Chemical Weapons Stockpile in Colorado

The US Army announced plans to start operations in a $4.5 billion plant, designed to destroy the largest stockpile of mustard gas in the US.…

Chilling – Human Samples from Evil Nazi Joseph Mengele’s Collection Discovered in Munich Museum Archives

The Max Planck Psychiatric Institute in Munich found Josef Mengele’s secret stash of body parts including brains, in their archives. The discovery of the collection…

24 Of The Best War Movies of All Time – With Trailers!

Perhaps the most intriguing factor that drives humans towards the achievement of peace and cooperation is the reality of war and its consequences. Following are…

It may Look Funny To Us, But This WW1 Contraption Was the Ancestor of Modern Body Armor

Ancestor of modern body armour

Photo Credit: Soviet Gun Archives Many people believe that the wearing of metal armor when going into battle ended long ago when the knights on horseback…

Russian and British Veterans and Dignitaries Gather to Remember the WW2 Arctic Convoys

On Wednesday, veterans of World War II from Britain and Russia met on the 75th anniversary of the British Arctic Convoy that delivered vital military…

Memorial To WW2 Soviet Navy Personnel Demolished in Latvia

Daugavas Vanagi (the Daugava Hawks) is a neo-Nazi group in Latvia. They call themselves an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans. With…

The Jewish Interrogators in America in WWII

Werner Meritz spent three months in Buchenwald. In 1938, he came to the U.S. and worked on a top-secret project called P.O. Box 1142. In…

A Powerful Tribute to an American World War Two Veteran Who is Nearly 100 Years Old

Ernest Thompson, 98, was asked to come out onto the porch of his Gardena, California, home because a couple of people had stopped by. When…

Cache of World War Two Letters Tells the Story of a Passionate Long-Distance Romance

Gary Schwab, a reporter for the Charlotte Observer, was browsing eBay when he came across a package of 18 hand-written, WWII-era love letters.  He was determined…