Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

US Marine Corps Prepares Cold War Caves In Case of Crisis With Russia

Cold war-era caves in central Norway are being developed by the U.S. military in order to strengthen NATO’s defences near the-Russia border. Washington has ordered the deployment of…

Death Camps in Poland were not Polish – get your facts right!

New laws recently enacted by the Polish right-wing government, makes any statement that implicates Poland in atrocities committed by Nazi Germany on Polish soil, a…

WWII veterans remember 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima

U.S. WWII veterans from around the country gathered in Arlington, Virginia, to remember and share stories of their involvement in the 1945 battle of Iwo…

Vietnam POW For Seven Years, Fred Cherry, Dies At 87

Fred Vann Cherry was born on the 24th March 1928 in Suffolk. At this time the Jim Crow laws were in effect and racial segregation…

World War Two Plane Crash Remains are Finally Being Returned

After World War II was over in 1945, three men were making a routine supply run to Malaysia’s western coast.  Suddenly the C-47 Dakota completely…

The Messenger Dog Who Saved Countless Lives At The Battle of Verdun

A courageous World War I war dog was widely hailed a hero, after battling bravely through no man’s land to deliver a life-saving message to…

Outrage As Ashby School Auctiones Off WWI Veteran’s Victoria Cross to Raise Funds

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Bent served his country heroically in World War I, but sadly was killed in the line of duty. His Victoria Cross was…

U.S Soldier Waits 70 Years to see His World War II Girlfriend

Norwood Thomas waited  a full seven decades to be reunited with his World War II girlfriend, Joyce Morris, in Australia, just days before Valentine’s Day.…

Cold War Secret of the Military Manned Space Laboratory Revealed

Recent American government documents have been released that discuss the details of a secret Cold War project called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). This project…

What to Do with Dilapidated Nuremberg Nazi Rally Grounds?

Neglected and crumbling buildings dating from the Nazi era are coming under scrutiny in Germany, as people debate their cultural significance and what should become…

Friendly Fire death may be the first casualty of the First World War

Sometimes we discover things in the most unexpected of places. Located within a visitors’ book from a tea room in Peterborough is the extraordinary story…

82nd Airborne D-Day Paratrooper Returns to Normandy, For The Last Time?

Ralph Ticcioni’s first taste of France and all things French was of a barn roof – his parachute had caught on the weather vane! It…