Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

How World War III Was Almost Started By The Soviet Union and China

Americans remember the Cold War as a time when the world almost descended into a total nuclear war, that could have destroyed the world. For…

93-year-old Former Auschwitz Guard Must Stand Trial, German Court Rules

It seems that Europe’s courts still have yet to finish with the trials of former Nazis implicated in the deaths of those who died in…

Japanese ‘Zero’ Fighter Plane Flies Over Japan

A World War Two Japanese ‘Zero’ fighter plane again took to the skies over Japan this week. It was a test flight after a massive…

Look Who’s Back: New documentary Shows Hitler In 2015 With Ordinary Germans

A new film has been made telling the story of what would have happened in Germany if Hitler suddenly returned alive and well in a modern…

After Decades, a Pilot is Reunited With His Helmet Abandoned After Being Shot Down In Vietnam

James Randall was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 as he was leading a routine mission to destroy a bridge in a border town…

Hitler’s Forgotten War on Black Germans

Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an “Aryan” and a black woman. The caption states: “The result! A loss of racial pride.” Germany, prewar. —…

The Beginning of the Spy Alliance between the U.S. and Britain

A single clandestine meeting three-quarters of a century ago ultimately led to the allying of British and U.S. spy agencies – an alliance that persists…

Last Member Of Bedford Boys, Has Died

Alan Huddleston, 96, was a proud infantryman and a Southern gentleman who went to join his comrades in that great barracks in the sky on…

World’s Last BTD-1 Destroyer Finds a New Museum Home

Of the 28 BTD-1 Destroyer warplanes that were manufactured during World War II, there is exactly one left in existence. And it’s not in terrific…

Sobibor Death Camp: Looters Dig Up Holocaust Victims Graves Looking For Gold

The Nazi extermination camp at Sobibór in south-east Poland was part of the worst phase of the Holocaust – called ‘Operation Reinhard’. There is now…

7 Flying Aces – Warriors of the Skies

A flying ace is a fighter pilot who shoots down five or more enemy aircraft. Today this number has decreased, since dogfights are rare because…

A Lasting Memory Of One Christmas Eve Midnight Mass During the Korean War

A decade ago, Army Pfc. Norman Deptula sat in his warm home in Webster, Massachusetts and wrote the remarkable story of a Christmas miracle that…