Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Soviet tanks still remain popular today

Soviet tanks

A disabled Iraqi T-55 tank lies among other wreckage along the Highway of Death in April 1991. [Via] A Soviet tank that was first produced…

Top 10 Weapons that Changed the History and the World

The journey of man through the history has been, to put it mildly, kind of bumpy. On one side we can pride ourselves for the…

World War Two ducks find home in Wisconsin

World War Two DUKWs or Ducks are still being used in the US state of Wisconsin to ferry tourists across the Wisconsin River. The boats are known…

Propeller from a German U-boat is returned to its Homeland

One of the most feared weapon of the World Wars, German U-boats gained reputation for stealth and deadliness especially in the First World War. In…

Napoleon’s planned route to London

Napoleon

Martello Tower at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex  As the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is commemorated, the people of Essex in the south east of…

Last Cold War Vulcan Bomber retires

Cold War Vulcan

[Via] The UK’s last Cold War Vulcan bomber is to be grounded after this summer. During the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s…

“THE GÖRING TELEGRAM” – Hermann Goering Telegram to Adolf Hitler On Auction!

This telegram is one of the most historic and famed messages from World War 2. It is a copy, which was discovered by Martin Bormann,…

German spies in Ireland during World War Two

75 years ago German spies landed at Dingle Peninsula in southern Ireland. France had just fallen under Nazi occupation and the first massive air bombing…

World War One’s Reckless Rex given home town memorial

Reckless Rex

[Via] A World War One Royal Air Force pilot known as Reckless Rex is being honoured in his hometown of Exmouth in Devon, in the…

How Germany remembers through war movies: The Bridge (1959)

World Wars One and Two have been epitomized and preserved on the big screen through hundreds of war movies. Many of the movies are incarnations…

WW2 Panther Tank Recovered from a Cellar

Cellars are usually the host of a number of objects of memories and interests from the past, but some people go that extra mile to…

Legion of Honour awarded to 90 year old World War Two veteran

A British Army veteran who took part in the D-Day landings of World War Two has been awarded France’s highest military honour, the Legion of…