Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Deadline Gallipoli – TV Series About Australian War Correspondents In WW1

Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, the son of a college headmaster, was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1879. When Charles was ten years old,…

China Builds Second Aircraft Carrier

China’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that it is building a second aircraft carrier after rumors became widespread about the project. The ship is being built…

“Germany calling” – WWII Traitor Lord Haw-Haw was executed

William Brooks Joyce was born in Brooklyn, New York on 27th April 1906. His father was an Irish Catholic, who had become a US citizen,…

WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”

Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…

WWII WASP Women Pilots Denied A Place In Arlington National Cemetery

The first women pilots’ organisation – called the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was set up in Britain, early in 1940. The idea behind the service…

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…

World War One Warfare & The Revival of the Helmet

When World War One broke out, the troops never realized just how violent and devastating the weapons of the 20th century would be. The front…

PBJ Bomber to be Restored One Last Time And Put On Display

During a training run on June 6th, 1944, the crew in a Navy/Marine PBJ-1J bomber dipped low to the water over Lake Greenwood, South Carolina…

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…

David and Goliath of World War Two – The Shortest Soldier Captured The Biggest!

The World War Two story of David and Goliath – an Allied 5ft 3in soldier who captured Germany’s tallest soldier at 7ft 6in has been…

Copyright to Anne Frank’s Diary Continues to be Contested

A battle over the copyright for Anne Frank’s World War Two diary is becoming heated as several parties contest the rights to the diary. Anne’s…

The D-Day Landing Minute-by-Minute Revealed in Book

A comprehensive book tells the story of the D-Day landings in the order in which they occurred. D-Day Minute by Minute is written by British…