Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Top 10 WW2 Movies

Rating movies is a highly subjective task, one which has been reduced in modern times to the illustration of a squishy tomato by those who…

Spitfire Flown by ‘Great Escape’ Pilot Found on Norwegian Mountain

Gunn’s plane was a specially adapted Mk 1 Spitfire stripped of guns and armor and was  fitted with extra fuel tanks to extend its range…

OSS Pierre Ortiz: French Legionnaire, US Marine, Hollywood Actor, German Nightmare

World War II had many heroes, but few had the flair and elan of Pierre Julien Ortiz, known to his friends (and his enemies) as…

Fuhrer Thought Strategically About Which Nations to Invade

In hindsight, it is too easy to say that Adolf Hitler was simply a madman with no rational thought behind his actions. It’s certainly true…

Britain’s WW2 Pet Extermination: Within a week, 750,000 pets were ‘destroyed’

World War II was a difficult time to live through in Britain. From the constant barrage of bombs during the Blitz and the frequent rationing…

Argentinian Sub, ARA San Juan, Found a Year After it Went Missing

A tweet from the Argentinian Navy stated that one of their submarines, ARA San Juan, which went missing on November 15, 2017, 430km (267 miles)…

Hitler’s Alpine Retreat a Nexus Between Remembrance & Praise

  During World War II, Adolf Hitler could often be found at the Berghof, his home in the Bavarian Alps which served as the second…

The French Nazi Troops & the Battle of Berlin

It’s a little-known fact that there were French volunteers who fought on behalf of the Nazis during the Second World War. They had divisions of…

Horses Really Were These Soldiers Best Friend

There is a widespread belief in North America that dogs are “man’s best friend,” but if you had asked the men who rode the equines described…

Home-grown British Plot to Kill Eisenhower and Montgomery in London

During World War Two, the British Secret Services had their work cut out for them. Not only did they have to deal with foreign agents…

Former Nazi SS Camp Guard, 94, Goes on Trial in Germany

Johann Rehbogen, a former enlisted SS soldier who is now accused of being an accessory to murder, has gone on trial. He was a guard at the…

Identical Twins & WW2 Veterans Celebrate 100th Birthday

A local Idaho news story on Fox6now recently shared the uplifting Veterans Day story of two exceptional twin brothers: Boyd and Ralph Henderson, who recently…