Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

E Company’s Bill Wingett, One of the Famous ‘Band of Brothers’, Passes Away

On 1st October 2020, the world lost another veteran of World War II, when Bill Wingett died peacefully at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home…

Documentary Claims a Sub May Have Caused the Sinking of the Ferry MS Estonia

Foreign Ministers from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, and Estonia, issued a joint statement this week that they would be assessing the new evidence…

UC-47, Surveyed After a Century Lying on the Bed of the North Sea

On the 18th November 1917, German submarine UC-47 was sunk by the Royal Navy. She lay quietly on the North Sea floor until surveyed for…

Navy Unveils a New 650-Round Ammo Backpack, Named ‘Avenger’

The US Navy has distributed new ammo backpacks, named ‘Avenger,’ to troops out in the field, though the Navy has refused to comment on the…

US Navy Commissions Newest Destroyer the USS Delbert D. Black

USS Delbert D. Black is the newest destroyer in the US Navy and officially began service on September 26, 2020. It required more than a…

Divers Believe They Have Located the WWII Wreck of the USS Grenadier

Divers working off the coast of Thailand have discovered the wreckage of a submarine they believe to be the USS Grenadier which was lost in…

Lawmakers Make Way for Army Hero to Receive Medal of Honor

Sergeant Alwyn Cashe gave his life in service to his country during the Iraq War in 2005. On October 17th of that year he was…

London Blue Plaque Memorial Unveiled for Churchill’s ‘Favourite Spy’

Polish national, Krystyna Skarbek, was said to have possessed a near pathological enjoyment of dangerous situations. Her reported actions during WWII certainly bear out such…

History Breakthrough: Discovery of Stolen Gold ‘hidden on last days of WW2’

An archaeologist using a metal detector discovered a buried stash of stolen gold coins from Nazi-era Germany. Experts believed the coins were buried near the…

Forrest Gump Author Dies at Age 77

Winston Groom, Army veteran and author, passed away on September 17 at the age of 77 years old. Groom is best known as the author…

Americans Lack Basic Knowledge of the Holocaust Study Finds

According to a survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), nearly two-thirds of young US adults are unaware that…

Modern Technology Reveals Secret of the Sinking of the Bismarck

The Bismarck was Germany’s “unsinkable” battleship which the Nazis used to wreak havoc on the British Royal Navy in World War II. Now, more than…