Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

WWII 2nd Infantry Division Veteran From Tulsa Still Tap dances (with Video)!

A personal story from World War Two veteran is that of Al Price who served in the US Army’s 2nd Infantry Division and drove a…

Footballer of Loos – Story Of An Audacious Action By A British Rifleman in WW1

The age-old notion of shell shock or as it is euphemistically called the battle fatigue has always been most misunderstood phenomenon of modern warfare. Soldiers…

Re-enactment of New Zealand World War One Volunteers’ Famous Rimutaka Hill Marches

At the end of September, a group of enthusiasts in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand re-enacted the locally famous three-day Rimutaka Hill route march,…

US Air Force veteran who loved the B-26 “Widowmaker”

Henry Jennings was a World War Two aerial engineer with the US Air Force. A resident of Lubbock, Texas, Henry remains a staunch aviation enthusiast…

William Ash: The Prisoner of War Who Wouldn’t Stop Escaping

William Ash was a survivor of the Nazis’ prisoner of war camps, surviving starvation, freezing temperatures, violence and slave labor. For the prisoners who survived…

World War Two Hurricane Excavated From Beachy Head

The daughter and granddaughter of a World War Two Polish pilot have helped to excavate his plane near Brighton in England. Kaziemierz Wünsche crash landed…

40th anniversary commemorations of the Vietnam War

Booby trap. Photo credit On the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the country is looking to commemorate and remember its violent…

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…

WWII Spitfire Dig In Cambridgeshire Peat Bog Continues

The dig to retrieve the remains of a World War Two Spitfire has continued after it was halted earlier because human remains were discovered. The…

US Army Vietnam War recruiter recalls his role as ‘Death Angel’

Harry Spiller was a Vietnam War recruiter for the US Army and he has now talked for the first time about his experiences after becoming…

War time journalist who broke news that World War Two had begun turns 104

The story of Clare Hollingworth, a war time journalist who discovered the Nazi invasion of Poland that started World War Two, has been uncovered. Clare…

Bletchley Park veteran remembers top secret assignment

Dulcie Klusmann who is now 92 years old and lives in Bozeman in Montana has told her story of working for the British intelligence services…