Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

US Navy Sailors Who Died at Pearl Harbor Identified After 75 Years

The remains of five US Navy sailors who died in the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor were identified this year, more than 75 years after their ship…

World War Two: The Assassination Of A Nazi Mastermind

Hitler gripped Germany and the occupied regions with the help of a network of killers who competed with him in inhumanity and barbarism. One such…

Campaigners Fight To Save Iconic WW2 Battle Site From Destruction

Hotel Dreyeroord in Oosterbeek, 5km west of Arnhem holds a special place in the hearts of many British servicemen, but this year, plans have begun…

Hitler’s Vision Of Germania Still Casts Its Long Shadow Over Berlin

In the south of Berlin, there is a massive pillar; one of the few remnants of the Nazis’ attempts to make Berlin the capital of…

The Military Legacy of the Smith Family with Four Generations in Combat

Military runs in the blood for the Smiths; it started with the First World War when six maternal uncles of Smiths took part in the…

Underwater Duels in WW2 – The Origins of the Powerful Soviet Submarine Fleet

AS WWII began, the USSR submarine fleet was the biggest in the world. It had twice the submarines as the U.S. and nearly four times…

WW2 Hawaii Mars Flying Water Tanker for Sale – Only $3 Million!!!

Have you got $3 million to spare? If you have, it would possibly buy you the Hawaii Mars – one of the two remaining, largest-ever,…

Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Just after midnight on the 30th July 1945, Japanese torpedoes slammed into the hull of the USS Indianapolis and twelve minutes later this proud vessel…

Residents Must Pay for Nazi-era Street

In suburban Dusseldorf, there is a street called Auf’m Rott. It was first laid in 1937 by the Nazi government. The residents of that street…

The Surge – a new documentary mini-series about the Iraq war planned for TV

A new made-for-television mini-series from Samuel Goldwyn Films is on the drawing board. Michael Emerson is currently searching for a writer who will be able…

Veteran Returns to the Skies in B-24 Bomber

The last time Willard Hunzeker flew in a B-24, it was 1945. World War II was nearing its end, and the 22-year-old navigator was on…

The Naval Historian Who Discovered More to the Story of the Sinking of the Indianapolis

This summer, Dr. Richard Hulver, a historian for Naval History and Heritage Command, discovered new information about the sinking of the World War II cruiser…