Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Pentagon Continues Controversial Plan to Slowely Retire A-10 Warthog

After several years of back and forth speculation and debate over the fate of the highly effective fighter jet, the A-10 Warthog, the U.S. Air…

The Gulf War: The Dawn Of A “New World Order”?

On August 2, 1990, four days after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, U.S. President George H. W. Bush declared that this could not go…

Russia plans to lead the way in the next generation of space-based defence

Space station from Moonraker As the world moves towards a new era of space-based defence, Russia wants to be the first country to develop and…

Exhibition Showcases Propaganda Battle Between Australian and Japan in WWII

The Pacific War is often mistakenly seen as a conflict between America and the Japanese. In fact Australia played a very important role in the…

Fail! The Rolling Rocket Bomb Designed To Smash The Atlantic Wall, Only Ever Managed To Kill A Dog

War is often associated with cutting-edge technologies, which have altered history by changing the outcome of many conflicts. The invention of the bayonet, aerial combat, and…

In WWI, Tommies Spent Half Their Time On The Frontline And Came Under Fire Once Every Five Days

Operation War Diary is a project, started three years ago, by the National Archives in Britain. The aim of the project is to digitise the…

Haile Sand Fort That Survived Attacks In Both World Wars For Sale!

In 1914 the Admiralty wanted to use the Humber Estuary as a safe place to assemble coastal convoys, but to do so, it needed to…

Purple Heart Winner Buried At Arlington Was Pro-Nazi and a Holocaust Denier

Willis Carto, an 89-year-old wounded U.S. veteran of World War II passed away in October 2015. While fighting as a soldier in the Philippines, Carto…

John Keith Wells – Iwo Jima Veteran Still Remembers the Horrors

  94 year old John Keith Wells, a decorated veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima, has recently been laid to rest. Born on February…

The Pictures Of Hitler That He Didn’t Want YOU To See!

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Adolf Hitler certainly did not like all of the photographs that were taken of him. So much so that if he thought a photograph was…

WWI Battle of Verdun Centenary Commemorated With Re-enactment

The Battle of Verdun is known for being one of the most brutal battles to have been fought during WWI. In this battle tens of…

Spanish Civil War Victim’s Daughter Waits Almost a Lifetime for Justice

Ascension Mendieta waited well over seven decades to get the only thing she ever really wanted. She boarded a plane to head to Spain to…