Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Vlad The Impaler – He Loved To Impale Captured Solders – A Lot

Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes, is one of the greatest and more interesting figures from history. Vlad III was likely born in a fortress named…

Top 11 Biggest Air Battles in War History

Many think of war as either one-on-one combat or trench battle; tending to forget that there were also battles going on above the soldiers’ heads. …

Shrapnel and Debris From D-Day Invasion Found in Omaha Beach Sand Years After Battle

Today, Omaha Beach in Normandy, France looks like any other northern French coastal beach, with the lapping waves of the English Channel. However, over 71…

New World War One Exhibition by Peter Jackson Opens in Wellington

Famous movie director Peter Jackson has opened a new World War One exhibition in his home of New Zealand. The ‘Great War Exhibition’, based in…

After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated

On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…

Remains Of US Pilot Shot Down On 68th Mission Over Vietnam Returned Home After 50 Years

Fifty years after being shot down during the Vietnam War US pilot’s remains have finally been returned home to the town of Rangeley in the United…

Battle of Verdun Remembered Nearly 100 years After It Started

During World War One, the Battle of Verdun took more than 300,000 lives over 300 days. The area in the French forest where the battle…

What if America Had Been Conquered in WWII?

Imagine a world in which America had been partitioned at the end of the Second World War, one sector west of the Rockies being governed…

NATO’s Most Lethal Weapons

NATO’s most lethal weapons

NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established in 1949, just after World War Two. After the Allies and the Soviet Union had defeated…

Top 15 Worst Nazis of All Time: From SS Officers and Family Members to Hitler Himself

The Third Reich, which lasted from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most, if not the evilest regime in history. It attracted some of…

Scientists Risked their Lives to Defeat World War One Poison Gas

Chemical weapons and poison gas were first used in a military context 100 years ago as World War One raged across Europe. Scientists from both…

Nuremberg Trials are Remembered 70 Years On

It has been 70 years since the Nuremberg trials undertook to investigate and charge high-ranking Nazi officers for their role in war crimes committed during…