Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Veteran female Spitfire pilot recalls flying during World War Two

female Spitfire pilot

A veteran female Spitfire pilot from World War Two recalls her unique war time story at the age of 98. Mary Ellis now lives in…

Archive of Evil donated to University of Colorado

Holocaust collection

A Turkish-born businessman has left the largest private Holocaust collection of evidence, documents, artifacts and memorabilia to the University of Colorado’s Jewish Studies program in…

Remnants from Iraq-Iran war seen from space

Iraq-Iran war

The International Space Station (ISS) has been picking up images of earth, and particularly of the war torn border between Iraq and Iran. The images…

World War Two Reenactor Shot In Stomach by Live Round

A World War Two re-enactment went terribly wrong in Jacksboro, Texas in February when a man was hit with live ammunition. Participants gathered for the…

US air attack on Tokyo worse than atomic bombs

US air attack

In the final days of World War Two 70 years ago, US air attack took place on Tokyo in an attempt to force the Japanese…

Royal Mint coin commemorates 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with inaccurate coin

Battle of Britain

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, one of the most infamous air battles of World War Two, Britain’s Royal Mint has…

Spokane woman to be honored for role in World War Two Dutch resistance

A woman from Spokane, Washington State, is being honored for her role as a member of the Dutch resistance during World War Two. Today, Carla…

WWIIs Greatest Raid of All is commemorated at Falmouth: Destroy the dock at St Nazaire

Greatest Raid of All

On the 70th anniversary of one of the most dangerous raids, known as the Greatest Raid of All, has been commemorated at the Prince of…

New Russian art installation commemorates taking of Nazi Reichstag

A new art installation has gone on display in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, depicting the Soviet Army’s invasion of Berlin in the final…

Anne Frank’s school friend reveals life under Nazis

A new documentary on the National Geographic Channel has revealed the story of Nanette Konig, one of Anne Frank’s school friends who know Anne and…

What is was like to be a Nazi wife during World War Two

Nazi

Derek Niemann recalls what it has been like to live with a Nazi in his family, as his grandmother married a senior SS officer who…

Moscow Engines of Victory exhibition showcases World War Two hardware

Engines of Victory

Moscow has been reminiscing the World War Two comradeship of the US and then Soviet Union this week, regardless of current tensions between the two…