Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

T-90 Russian Tank to be Converted into Remote-controlled, Driverless Vehicle

The famous T-90 Russian tank is being turned into a robot, and the Russian military is planning to have computer gamers drive it in future…

Everglades National Park seeks volunteers for Cold War base reopening

Volunteers are being sought at the Everglades National Park Nike Hercules Missile Base in Florida, US to help tend and preserve the Cold War base.…

Waffen SS Tank Commander Michael Wittmanns Gravestone Stolen

The gravestone of a Nazi tank commander has been stolen from a war cemetery in France. SS commander Michael Wittmann was buried in the La…

British Airborne Forces Emblem Reinstated After Controversy

The famous emblem of Pegasus aloft on a blue background has for a long time been the defining symbol of the British Airborne Forces. The…

RAF North Witham / Station 479 – D-Day Paratrooper Departure Airfield

On the evening of the 5th June in 1944, Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft took off from the USAAF base in Witham, Lincolnshire. The planes carried…

Vietnam MIAs Accounted for and Returned to their Hometowns

It’s been 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but there are still over 1,500 men who served there whose bodies remain unaccounted…

Bridge of Spies

A new Steven Spielberg film always attracts a lot of attention, and his newest offering is no exception. Based on true events, the film deals…

Remains of a Lancaster Bomber crew found after nearly 70 years

69 years after a Lancaster Bomber crashed during WWII in Germany, remains of the five-member crew inside the wreckage of the plane have finally been…

New eye-witness account sheds light on who killed the Red Baron

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, was a feared and celebrated German fighter pilot during WWI. He was considered an…

WWII P-51 Mustang Restoration Reveals Love Story

Sierra Sue II stood there innocently parked in a lot of the Bemidji Regional Airport in Minnesota. From the outside Sierra Sue II looked like…

Art Schaefer – Served As A Navigator On A B-17 Bomber

Art Schaefer, now 93, attended the University of Arizona with the intention of going into the mining industry, but fate took a hand and changed…

WWI: The Tragic Moment a Man Was Ordered To Kill His Best Friend

Private Jimmy Smith joined the British army to fight and protect his country. But after fighting gallantly at Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and the Battle…