Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

WWII Veteran bound and robbed, now the police are on a manhunt

WWII Veteran

101-year-old Ernest Cote refused demands for cash made by a thug who showed up at his door in Ottawa on Thursday. After his refusal, the…

The Great Papago Escape of 1944 – When 25 German POWs escaped in America!

Papago Escape

Not many Americans are aware of the fact that the US held over 370,000 Germans in over 500 camps in 45 states during the WWII.…

Some Rare Photos of the WWII Old Buckenham – B-24 Liberator – Airfield Have Been Discovered

  Stefan Tarzan bought a box of photographs and equipment from an auction house in Montana. Inside the box he found three undeveloped films which…

German Schoolchildren Form Secret Hitler Fan Club

Hitler Fan Club

The fact that German schoolchildren are forming secretive Hitler fan clubs should not come as a surprise. The recent discovery of such a group near…

Congress Says Goodbye To Its Last World War II Vets

WWII veterans

WWII veterans 88-year-old Michigan Democrat John Dingell and 91-year-old Republican Ralph Hall of Texas are both due to leave Congress at the end of the…

Easy company member haunted by Bastogne weather

Bastogne

Every winter, Paul Rogers applies his own standard of measure onto the cold. The weather was glacial during the 29 days he and his comrades…

Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels

Cold War

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…

Report provides insight into intelligent robotic systems

robotic systems

The Department of Defense (DoD) believes that due to technological advances, it is just a matter of time before wars will be controlled using weapons…

US NAVY PC 566 COMMANDER CLAUDIUS FINALLY REWARDED FOR U-BOAT SINKING

U-BOAT

On 30th July 1942, the passenger ship Robert E. Lee was sailing to New Orleans with survivors from the U-boat attacks. In the Gulf of…

Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…

Burma Boy story brought home to Nigeria

Nigeria

Barnaby Phillips, a correspondent with Al Jazeera, was in Nigeria to launch his book, Another Man’s War. The book was based on his 2011 documentary…

Rumours surround Ireland’s upcoming Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day

According to Yad Vashem, the World Center for Holocaust Research in Israel have banned representatives from Israel from attending a Holocaust Memorial Day in January…