Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

UC-42’s Final Resting Place

UC-42

Oberleutnant zur See Hans Muller had just been promoted to his first command.  He would be taking over one of the German Imperial Navy’s most…

Grandmother receives three war medals after 70 years

  Rosana Banti is about to turn 90 years old and is finally receiving recognition for helping with the Resistance. Banti will be presented with…

Sir Barnes Wallis and the Stratosphere Chamber

Sir Barnes Wallis

Sir Arthur Harris, Commanding Officer of Bomber Command during World War II, referred to Sir Barnes Wallis as a genius.  He was clearly one of…

NSA Releases Vietnam War Reports of China Capturing US Soldiers

NSA

In an effort to resolve Missing in Action cases, the US National Security Agency (NSA) continues to review more than 7.5 million reports and documents…

People paid £30 to be the prisoner of war in Nazi theme camp

Nazi theme camp

In Britain during the 1980s a holiday camp was set up at an unused hospital at Weyhill, near Andover in Hampshire. The basic concern of…

WWII Dambusters memorabilia will be auctioned this month

Dambusters

During the Second World War the Allied power started their bombing mission against Germany and they targeted the dams of the Ruhr. For this mission…

Recently discovered diary reveals brutal Nazi tactics against Jews in Lodz.

brutal Nazi tactics

The Lodz Ghetto, or Litzmannstadt Ghetto as the Germans renamed it, came into existence in late 1939 and was intended to be a collection point…

The Top Secret mission to reconstruct Fuhrerbunker in Berlin

A German museum recently started planning to reconstruct a model of Fuhrerbunker. The Fuhrerbunker was in Berlin, Germany and was situated between Brandenburg Gates and…

Antiquier returned the lost diary to WWII veteran soldier

lost diary

Veteran soldier Gordon Lecair finally received his lost diary which contained the detailed experience of his life and service during the Second World War. This…

“Sorry” seems to be the hardest word to say

Abe

As another major World War II milestone anniversary approaches later this year, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be called upon to walk the tightrope…

WWII German nuclear bunker found in Austria

A bunker has recently been found in the Austrian town of St.Georgen an der Gusen which was used during the Second World War. This bunker…

Winston Churchill, the man who loved to play with colors:

It is incredibly phenomenal that Winston Churchill, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, not only created some extraordinary scientific inventions, but he also…