Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Statue commemorating ‘Comfort Women’ causes a spat between Korean and Japanese communities.

The issue of the enforced prostitution of Korean, Chinese, Dutch and Australian women by the Japanese during WWII has once again caused a war of…

Recently Discovered Escape Tunnel is a Tribute the Bravery and Determination of these Survivors

In the most terrible situations, such as to the horrors of wartime atrocities and massacres, it is amazing how certain people manage to hold on…

Top Secret Z-Force – Heroic Actions of Elite Australian WW2 Unit Revealed and Commemorated at Last

In 2014, anthropologist Dr. Christine Helliwell was conducting field research with the Diak tribespeople who live in the in the highlands of Malaysian Borneo, near…

A Look at the Life of Elie Wiesel, Writer, Holocaust Survivor, Campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Elie Wiesel died in July this year. He was 87 years old. After becoming a best-selling author with his memoirs of his time in Auschwitz…

The “D-Day Dodgers” Who Avoided The Normandy Landings Fought And Won In The Brutal Italian Campaign

A group of British soldiers referred to themselves as the “D-Day Dodgers” because they did not participate in the landings at Normandy in 1944. Instead,…

Army Not Amending War Hero’s Record

Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley will not have his military records amended by US Army officials. There are discrepancies in his records that call into…

This 92-Year Old Pacific War Veteran Has A Powerful Message For The Young People Of America

Retired Army Air Corps Capt. Jerry Yellin is a man on a mission, and that mission is to speak to young people across America about…

Why the Rosenbergs Were Executed

On April 5th, 1951, Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death. He called them traitors who put “into the hands of the…

Polish Officials Clash With World Jewish Congress Over Comments About WWII War Crimes

The World Jewish Congress, which is a worldwide organization of Jewish communities, was critical of remarks made by Polish Education Minister Anna Zalewska and the…

Ambitious Restoration of a C-47 to be filmed as a documentary

“Let me help, let me help”; this unusual message was received by David Kingshott from Paul Matraves in response to a post on an aviation…

Green Beret May be Next Medal of Honor Recipient

Gary Michael Rose was a Green Beret in the Vietnam War. In summer 2016, his heroism was acknowledged, and congress authorized that a Medal of…

The U.S. Military May Bring Back the Jeep

75 years ago last year, the U.S. military adopted the jeep. The military jeep was eventually replaced with the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV),…