Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

The Movie With a Mini-Gun Toting Bear

In 2017, Big Cinema House – a Russian movie studio – released what may be the most ambitious Russian action movie ever made. It appears…

Gender Confusion Over Hero Dog That Helped Take Down ISIS Leader

The dog who was injured during the raid that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was honored in a ceremony at the White…

The New ‘Monuments Men’ Soldiers Will Protect Treasures in Combat Zones

The US Military is in the process of reincarnating the famous World War II expert brigade, dubbed The Monuments Men, in the 2014 movie of…

Pentagon Report Says Rise of Machine Super Soldiers is Just Decades Away

The popular myth of  cyborg soldiers, a warfighter enhanced with augmented tech providing bionic eyesight and superhuman battlefield performance, may soon be a reality. According…

Poland’s WW2 $5bn of Gold Returned From London in Top-Secret Mission

Poland was given back approximately 100 tons of gold from three nations — the U.K., Canada and America — that had been holding the bars…

Thousands Evacuated After 500-Pound WWII Bomb Found in Turin

Thousands of people were evacuated from the Italian city of Turin on December 1st after a 500-pound bomb from WWII was discovered. Everyone living near…

The Jew who Identified the Fuehrer’s Remains & Kept the Secret for Decades

In 1941, Hitler’s Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. The Red Army found themselves in desperate need of German interpreters. Elena Kagan was a Russian…

Man in the High Castle: Nazi Symbols from Amazon Show Destroyed

The Man in the High Castle is a television series on Amazon set in a future where the United States was conquered by Nazi Germany…

US Army Develops Sound-Deadening Headgear for Their Military Dogs

The US Army takes the protection of all it’s members very seriously, and this now extends to their canine members as well. Army researchers have…

The US 70-Year Promise to Filipino WWII Veterans Remains Unfulfilled

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During WWII, the Philippines was a commonwealth of the US. When the call went out for volunteers to fight in the war, tens of thousands…

He Spent $660K on Nazi Memorabilia Then Gave it Away

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Abdallah Chatila is a Lebanese businessman who is based in Geneva, Switzerland spent a fortune on Nazi items.  He is considered one of the 300…

Woman Reunited With Jewish Family She Sheltered During Holocaust

During World War II, Melpomeni Dina was an orphaned teenager living with her two sisters in a one-room apartment in Greece. Recently she met the…