Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

US WWII bombers Found After 76 Years in Truk Lagoon

Project Recover has once again found the wreckage of several US planes in Truk Lagoon that were lost during World War II and given the…

Al Pacino: Dirty Dozen-Style Squad to Rid the US of the Fourth Reich

Al Pacino: The family stories we hear growing up shape our choices later in life and for some these personal accounts can give fruit to…

Highway to be Named After Spec Ops Sgt. Maj. James “Ryan” Sartor

Highway 24 in El Paso County has had a section dedicated to fallen Green Beret Sergeant Major Sartor thanks to the efforts of the Falcon…

Surprising Tourism Boost for the Falkland Islands

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At the beginning of the 1980s the Falkland Islands, a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic, was largely unheard of. Boasting a small garrison of…

All the Mayhem in Sam Mendes’ 1917 is Real, Not CGI

It turns out the amazing battle scenes in Sam Mendes’ film 1917 were so realistic because they were mostly real. The actors in the movie…

HMS Conqueror’s Surprise Strike on the Belgrano has Been Vindicated

HMS Conqueror. Of the twenty British Navy nuclear powered submarines awaiting final disposal by the Ministry of Defence, the Churchill Class HMS Conqueror has a…

“Lt. Dan” Gary Sinise Honored With Award From Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Gary Sinise, well known for playing “Lt. Dan” in the movie Forrest Gump, has received the Patriot Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.…

Wreck Off Okinawa

Our thoughts are with his family RIP.

Iconic ‘Memphis Belle’ to Stop Flying

The ever-rising cost of insurance premiums of Memphis Belle, coupled with steadily rising fuel and labor costs have forced the hands of the board of…

We Lose Frank Losonsky Last of the AVG Flying Tigers Aged 99

The American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers was recruited under President Roosevelt before the Pearl Harbor attack dragged the USA into the Second World War in…

Walter Mitty ‘Sir John’ Claimed he Was a Royal Marine During the Falklands

He claims to have a knighthood and that he served as a Royal Marine in the Falklands War, where he was mentioned in dispatches for…

300 Strangers Attend Funeral for WW2 Hero Who Had no Family

A highly decorated WW2 veteran, who died with no family, was given a grand send-off when hundreds of people turned up to ensure he was…