Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

A Second World War veteran is reburied after a conflict with the cemetery

Second World War veteran

[Via] After a family accused the Ever Green Cemetery in Louisville of a negligent mistake, a Second World War veteran and his adult son had…

The tail fin of the plane flown by ‘The Spook of St. Trond’ has sold for £90,000

[Photo Credit: Dominic Winter Auctioneers] There was an uproar and commotion in all sections of British Army and RAF after the news of a German…

The Royal Navy in the Pacific fighting Kamikaze

HMS Formidable – Kamikaze hit of 4 May 1945 [Via] When VE Day was declared in Europe, the war still wasn’t over in the Pacific. World…

World War Two Ludington tugboat open to public

Ludington tugboat

[Via] A World War Two Ludington tugboat is soon to be renovated and opened to the public in Michigan’s Kewaunee Harbor. The tugboat was originally used…

Britain’s Last Witch – The witch trial of Victoria Helen Duncan

Britain’s Last Witch

[Via] The first half of 20th century is practically littered with strange stories and unbelievable occurrences including two world wars, progression in ideas and science,…

A Moscow Cat not only bares the resemblance to Hitler, he has the tantrum to go with it as well [FUN]

Hitler is perhaps the only historic figure and certainly the only tyrant who never gets tired of his resurrection in modern objects. There is certainly…

Dunkirk Veterans Look Back, on 75th Anniversary of the Evacuation

Dunkirk Veterans

[Via] The moment a Second World War veteran rode an old Norton 16H motorbike, his excitement and enthusiasm was beaming from his face. He spoke…

Dunkirk Veterans visited Paris for 75th commemoration Ceremony of the Evacuation

The Veterans from the famous Dunkirk Evacuation are getting together in northern France to commemorate the most daring rescue in military history. They will pay…

‘The Camp Vermont’ – the civil war history of Spring Bank

It is a surprising fact that a civil war camp named Camp Vermont is not in Vermont; it is rather located in the present day…

RAF trained Soviet Pilots in a Secret Mission during WWII

Soviet Pilots

Some of the Soviet airmen who came to Scotland in 1943 to undertake top-secret training at Errol Airfield, including Commander Peter Kolesnikov, front row, left.…

A WW2 Veteran is building his ‘Online Profile’ for the generations to come

WW2 Veteran

[Via] In the recent decades, advancements in science and technology essentially means societies and people have to adhere to new norms in order to keep…

US Senator Howard Cannon remembered for D-Day role as Co-Pilot of a C-47

US Senator Howard Cannon who died recently has found to have played a crucial role as a paratrooper in the D-Day invasion of France during World…