Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

How a US Squad Saved Some of the World’s Most Valuable Horses

As World War II wound to a close, just days before Adolf Hitler would take his own life in a bunker in Berlin, the 2nd…

US Marine MIA for More Than 70 Years on Tarawa Atoll Returned to Home Town from Pacific Atoll

In three days of intense fighting, more than six and a half thousand American, Japanese and Korean soldiers were killed in the Battle of Tarawa.…

“I guess they didn’t know I was a marine:” PFC Edward Ahrens’ Last Stand

United States Marine Corps PFC Edward Ahrens holds a special place in the Corps’ long history of larger than life characters whose bravery and tenacity…

Crash Site of a Zeppelin Aircraft Found in Poland, a Century After it Happened

Over a century ago, the then young Western People’s Ukrainian Republic sent a Zeppelin Staaken aircraft on a secret mission. The plane was laden with…

Divers cleaning up the ocean net themselves an Enigma machine

Divers, working on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund, cleaning up the ocean of discarded fishing nets that pose an enormous danger to oceanic wildlife,…

Buried Deep: More War Treasures Found In Polish Woods

The woods between Poland and Germany are rife with treasures and evidence of the terrible, tragic events that took place there when the Second World…

RIP ‘Wild Geese’ Star and Battle-Hardened Veteran Ian Yule

South African star and real life war hero Ian Yule has passed away. His exact age and cause of death aren’t known. Yule’s public profile…

Concentration Camp Guard Who Hid in US for 75 Years Will Be Deported

Friedrich Karl Berger hid his past as a Nazi concentration camp guard for over 70 years. Now the United States is deporting him to Germany…

Pershing Gunner Clarence Smoyer, Was Awarded a Bronze Star, 74 years After Famous ‘Cologne Tank Duel’

Clarence Smoyer was the gunner in a Sherman tank during World War II. He and his band of brothers saw action through the European theatre…

Cancellation of XM25 counter-defilade Weapon Not the End of Army’s Search for New Weapon

Discussions of the future of armed combat including the XM25 have long been awash in fantastic predictions about the ways that it will be irrevocably…

US Air Force Receives First Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopters

The US Air Force took delivery of two new search and rescue helicopters from Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky Training Academy in Stuart, Florida. The new HH-60W…

US Pilot Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross After Landing Damaged A-10

A-10 Pilot Major Brett DeVries received the United States’ oldest decoration for military aviation, the Distinguished Flying Cross. Air Force Secretary Barbra M. Barrett presented…