Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Coming Home! North Korea Returns War Remains to United States

On the 65th anniversary of the Armistice of the Korean war, North Korea has released a set of war remains to the United States. This…

Nazi Collaborator Deported to Germany

An elderly man who committed war crimes in occupied Poland during the Second World War, 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, has finally been ordered to be shipped…

America Upgrades Its Strategy and Approach in Africa

The United States military in Africa has implemented a new plan to increase the security of troops on the ground, by adding armed drones and…

Saving Anne Frank’s Diary

There is almost no one alive, even today, who does not know the story of Anne Frank, the young girl whose life came to a…

Hot in the City! – WWII Bombs and Mines Discovered in Germany due to Record Heat

Record-setting temperatures in Germany have lowered the Elbe River’s water levels to near historic lows. As a result, World War II-era munitions that were dumped…

Technological and Military Superiority of Germany? Historian says Myth

From an extremely young age, children in schools all over the world are taught about the horrific abuses of the Nazi war machine that menaced…

Best Allied Ace of WWII? – Pat Pattle South Africa’s Most Successful Pilot

Pat Pattle was a heroic South African pilot back in WWII, with little prominence in history. Quite surprising really, when you learn that he had…

Fires and Heat aren’t Bad Enough – WWII Bombs Complicate Firefighting in Europe

It is not just North America and Asia that have faced deadly temperatures this summer season. Germany, Greece and even Sweden and Norway are struggling…

Missile Launch Goes Wrong on German Warship

An SM-2 missile got stuck in a missile launcher on a German air defense frigate on June 21, 2018 off the coast of Norway. The…

“Comfort Women” of WWII Abandoned by Japan – Critics Charge

In North America, men everywhere are dealing with the reckoning and fallout of the #Me Too and #Times Up movements, which constitute a calling to…

Hi-Tech Survey of USS Emmons Wreck – Ship Fought at Omaha Beach and Okinawa

A recent paper, “Assessment and Significance of a World War II battle site: recording the USS Emmons using a High‐Resolution DEM combining Multibeam Bathymetry and…

One Less MIA – WWII Pilot Bombing Raid on Bremen Identified & Returned Home for Burial

On July 14, after approximately 75 years, a World War II army pilot’s remains were at long last sent home for a proper burial in…