Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Last Surviving Nazi living in America Dead at 95

The last known World War two Nazi in the USA has died. Jakiw Palij emigrated to the US in 1949. He claimed to have been…

Art of War How Britain Hid its Great Masters from the Luftwaffe

The British National Gallery in Trafalgar Square is a must-see during any tourist trip to London. If you should be lucky enough to visit today…

Lady Assassin Lyudmila Pavlichenko Deadliest Female Sniper of All Time

It was June 22nd, 1941 when Hitler cut ties with Stalin and began the ill-fated Operation Barbarossa. As the German Wehrmacht began pouring across the…

Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find

Benjamin Franklin once said: “Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” He meant, of course, that sharing a secret with…

Sad Times: 2018, when not one of the five remaining crew members was able to travel to 77th Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Each year, on the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a memorial service is held. Each year, surviving crew members from the USS…

The Black Panthers, The Segregated 761st Tank Battalion Took on The SS 11th & 13th Panzer Divisions

B Company of the U.S. Army’s 761st Tank Battalion closed in on the French town of Morville-lès-Vic on the morning of November 9, 1944. It was…

The British-Jewish Filmmaker Who Helped Spies in WWI

Sir Alexander Korda is being honored this month by the British Film Institute (BFI). Highlighted in the retrospective are some of Korda’s most recognized films…

Plane Wreckage Found? “Leave me alone for five minutes, I’ve got trouble.” Then he was gone

Some men go to great lengths to be with the loves of their lives, even when military obligations separate them by a continent. Whether war…

Georges Loinger, Veteran WWII Rescuer of Jewish Children, Dead at 108

Born in the border city of Strasbourg, Georges Loinger learned to speak German fluently. With his blue eyes and blond hair he certainly didn’t fit…

Images of a Top Secret WWII Operation to Antarctica to Establish Bases & Keep Argentina out of The Falklands

It’s easy to imagine all the heated battles of World War II’s European Theater taking place in France or Belgium or North Africa – all the…

The Day USS Belknap Collided with the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy

The United States has an impressive inventory of military ships, planes and vehicles. In fact, it just might be the envy of the world because…

What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England – There Was Good Money To Be Made

In medieval times, war in Europe could be a complicated business involving allegiances and family interests that could span the entire continent. Up until late…