Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

War Movie Anthropoid – The Assasination of Reinhard Heydrich – Has An August Release Date

One of the most infamous Nazis is being taken on by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. A drama called Anthropoid is all set to be…

B-29 Doc Gets Certified for Airworthiness!

The B-29 bomber known as Doc may be flying again before the summer is over. On May 20th, the nonprofit group Doc’s Friends announced that…

Why were the Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan?

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With President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima, the question is raised again: why did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb? Was it necessary to convince…

New Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam

After batting the location of a proposed Holocaust Memorial around for the past two years, the authorities in Amsterdam have finally put a peg in the…

Remains of TBM-1C Avenger Torpedo Bomber found near Palau

An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau by Project…

WWI Battle of Verdun: The Battle That Was Never ‘Won’

The president of France, Francois Holland, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the re-opening ceremony of the recently renovated museum that stands on the site…

A Veteran From WWII Meets Man He Saved From A Concentration Camp 7 Decades Ago (Watch)

It was a remarkable reunion, and one that was thankfully caught on camera. A brave World War II veteran from Colorado met with a Holocaust survivor…

The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet

It doesn’t look like the sort of object that might contain historical secrets, locked away inside. In fact, it looks more like something you could find…

Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust

Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…

Communist Spy Kit Put on Display in Albania

Well-groomed and ramrod-straight, he had a great head of healthy, white hair. He easily could have been marked as a retired head teacher or postmaster.…

Fort Worth City Council Stops Plan To Bring Back a B-58 Hustler

Lack of cash and the ability of the Fort Worth Air Museum to repay a loan of $250,000 has stopped a project to transport a…

Polish Agency Looking to Remove Soviet-era Monuments

An agency in Poland is trying to have Soviet monuments removed from the streets and installed in “educational parks”. The agency claims that the monuments…