Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Winston Churchill’s Secret WWII Bunker Found Behind Fake Bookcase

A secret bunker built by order of Winston Churchill in 1940 was discovered outside of Norwich. It was built as part of a secret communications…

Polish Government at Odds With International Academics Over WWII Museum

A Polish World War II museum is the subject of a political battle between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party and international academics. Norman Davies,…

Pilot Gives Surprising Testimony Concerning the A-10 vs. F-35 Debate

The Armed Services Committees of both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate have been trying to keep the A-10 Warthog from being phased out…

Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932, before Alan Turing

The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…

Where Are The Men Buried From The 1776 Battle of Brooklyn?

In New York City, there is a legend that scores of Maryland soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried somewhere within the city limits. In…

Spitfires Helped Lead the Way to Supersonic Flight

What U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager achieved, on October 14, 1947, had long been considered impossible. In his Bell X-1 rocket plane, he became the…

Couple’s Quest to Thank Every Fallen Commonwealth Soldier of World War I

Steve and Nancy Binks of Colwyn Bay – Conway, in the UK – set off with a trailer in 2012. This was not a typical…

Rare Japanese Bomber Goes On Display At Pacific Aviation Museum

There were three different types of Japanese aircrafts that rained down bombs on Pearl Harbor in the early morning of December 7, 1941. The Nakajima…

Jelly Belly Family Sued After Man Died In WWII Tank Accident

A family reunion for the owners of the Jelly Belly Candy Company turned tragic when a guest was killed by a World War II-era High…

Belief that Stalin was ‘not so bad’ has taken root in Russia

The 9th of May was the date that celebrations were held all over Russia commemorating the defeat of the Germans by Russian forces in World War…

Women’s Voluntary Service Raising Money to Digitize Historic Documents

The Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) was founded in 1938 to train women to help with air raid precautions in England during World War II. It…

The Surprising Civil War History of Cinco de Mayo

While Cinco de Mayo today is known to many in the U.S. as a day for drinking, the history of the holiday goes back to…