Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

The Many Assassination Attempts on Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

While Adolf Hitler garnered much approval in his early days of leadership, many Germans soon began to see the folly of keeping such a man…

What Did WWII France Do to Save French Jews?

There are people who believe that the government of France did little to save French Jews during the Second World War, that France simply let…

Royal Princes Regret Not Fighting WWI

royal princes

When they were still royal princes, future kings George VI and Edward VIII wrote letters describing their regrets about not being able to fight in…

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union and Churchill Pledges Support

Churchill

June 22th marks the anniversary of the British pledge to aid the Russians in stopping a German assault on Russian soil. It is also the…

World War Two Battle of Saipan Re-enacted Seventy Years Later

World War Two

Seventy years after the Battle of Saipan was fought as part of World War Two, it was re-enacted as part of this year’s celebration in…

Second World War and Crystal Meth: Hitler Was A Drug Addict?

Second World War

According to information from a new finding, Adolf Hitler may have been a drug addict and that may have affected his state of mind during…

Restoration of the Matilda Battle Tank

The memories of the World War II etched in the minds of veterans are fading as we get deeper into the 21st century. To keep…

World War Two:Japanese Balloon Bomb Discovered Near Lumby, British Columbia

World War Two

An unexploded bomb dating back to World War Two was discovered nearby Lumby seven decades after the war was fought. Lumby is a small Canadian…

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Modern Implications of Waterloo

Napoleon Bonaparte

Early in the nineteenth century, Napoleon Bonaparte suffered defeat at the hands of Duke Wellington and his forces at the Battle of Waterloo. According to…

Richard Wagner and the Third Reich

Richard Wagner

Many comparisons can be drawn between Richard Wagner and Adolf Hitler. Both are regarded as strongly anti-Semitic, and both believed that German culture needed to…

War Criminals of WWII Japan Confess Their Crimes

war criminals

Of all historic conflicts, WWII may be most associated with war criminals. Vicious wrongdoings were in abundance as the Allies fought tooth and nail to…

WWII Veteran and Olympic Runner Louis Zamperini Dies of Pneumonia

Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini was a veteran of the Second World War. He left his career as an Olympic runner to fly for the Allied forces, but…