Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Legal Eagle launched career defending Japanese war criminals

After World War II, a 25-year-old legal secretary volunteered to help defend some of Japan’s worst war criminals in the “Tokyo Trials.” Now, at age…

Germans divided over the fate of Hitler’s Nuremberg rally site

Authoritarian States often use architecture to remind citizens of their relative insignificance, and of the might and grandeur of the State itself. The Romans did…

Tegernsee Finally Removes Hitler’s Honorary Citizenship

After 83 years, the German town of Tegernsee, in Bavaria has officially stripped Adolf Hitler of his honorary citizenship. The honor was revoked by the…

Far-Right Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen Fined For Holocaust Slur

The former leader of the French far-right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been fined 30,000 euros for saying the Nazi gas chambers were a “detail” of…

Maryland Allowed to Keep “Controversial” WWI Memorial

The Christian cross is recognised throughout the world. It has long been used in churches, and as a marker on graves. Go to any one…

Deceased WWII-era Spy Is One Step Closer To Getting An Honor She Was Long Denied

The U.S. Army has undertaken a full review into the case of Stephanie Rader, who was nominated for the Legion of Merit in 1946 for…

How 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Were Destroyed Because of Geotagged Pictures

By the end of 2016, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones in use throughout the world, and all of them contain technology that…

How The Seven Auschwitz Dwarves Fell Under The Spell Of Dr Death

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…

Remains of Chinese Soldiers Returned Home

The remains of Chinese soldiers that have laid in South Korea for more than 60 years, ever since the Korean War, have been returned to…

Hitler’s Copy of Mein Kampf Sells for $20,000

The copy of Mein Kampf owned by Hitler himself sold for $20,655 at an auction. Making it one of the most expensive copies of the…

One man’s inspirational mission to get his U.S. hometown named an “American World War II City”

A resident of Wilmington, N.C., has made it his mission to get the southern port city  recognized by the U.S. government for its contribution efforts…

Bletchley Park Code Breakers – A Secret Letter From Eisenhower

Imagine today’s world without computers – imagine further – a world of ciphers, secret letters, code breakers and secret intelligence centres – this is the…