Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Book Details Crucial Role of the British SAS in Italy During WWII

Malcolm Tudor has a special interest in the events of the Second World War in Italy as his Italian mother’s grandparents helped many Allied airmen…

Nazi Persecution of the Freemasons, Winston Churchill & Truman Were Freemasons

Amazon Prime is showing a video in which John Hamill, the Communications Director of the United Grand Lodge of England, gives an interview on the…

Enigma No Longer A Mystery: Peeking Inside the Fabled Nazi Machine

The Enigma machine, used by the Nazis in World War II to send coded messages to agents and military personnel around the globe, has been…

Remembering WWII’s “Black Thursday” In All 25 Percent of the Attack Force was Lost

During World War II, most of the ball bearings required for the Nazi army’s military and support vehicles were manufactured in Schweinfurt in eastern Bavaria.…

A Change the Royal Navy Made in 1926 is Now Starting to Upset Londoners

The British popularized the expression “a storm in a teacup,” and they often prove it to be an apt phrase when citizens get their knickers…

Conspiracy Theories: The Biggest One Of All From WW2

Conspiracy theorists just love to spend their time debating outlandish notions of what really happened during historical events. Simple, verifiable truth isn’t enough. Marilyn Monroe…

Argentina’s Role In WWII: How It Supported Many Nazis, & Gave Them Shelter

When Nazi Germany finally lay in ruins at the end of World War II in 1945, most of the regime’s leaders were either captured or…

For Sale, But Goebbels’s House Has Been Abandoned For 20 Years

Homes are a little like people: they give off a certain energy, either positive or negative. Depending on who’s lived in them, homes can be…

Ruth Winkelmann The Girl who Witnessed Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass

In an interview with the BBC, Ruth Winkelmann described the terror of living through the infamous Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass, when the…

War What is It Good For – Gun Design Actually, Here Are Some Examples

If necessity is the “mother of invention,” it’s fair to say that war is the granddaddy of armament invention. The weapons described below are only…

P-51 Mustang Crashes in Texas, No Survivors & Sadly the Passenger Was a WW2 Pilot

At a recent airshow in Fredericksburg, Texas, a P-51D Mustang carrying a veteran pilot from WWII as a passenger crashed into a parking lot. The…

Court infuriates Japan by Ordering Nippon Steel to Compensate WW2 Workers

In October 2018, South Korea’s Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling where it upheld a court order passed down in 2013, instructing the Nippon…