Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

World War Two Avenger Aircraft to Be Restored To Its Old Glory

World War Two

A World War Two Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft that was used in 1943 is set to receive an all-encompassing refurbishment work on a scale…

NATO is the Representative of Nazi Germany Says Fidel Castro

Nazi Germany

Cuban communist politician Fidel Castro compares NATO to Nazi Germany’s SS and says America and Europe are war-mongering. Speaking against America’s policy in the Middle…

USS Houston Discovered in Java Sea

USS Houston

The wreckage of the USS Houston, a ship destroyed by the Japanese in 1942, has been found in the Java Sea. In many ways, the…

Rare Coast Guard Cutter Pictures Surface

Coast Guard

It has not been that long since LIFE.com uploaded a number of rare Coast Guard pictures taken by a deceased veteran by the name of…

The Holocaust: A Display of the Most Gruesome War Crime Artefacts

The Holocaust

With ghoulish collections from war crimes, the Little dean Crime Through Time Museum in Gloucestershire is one of the most revealing and thoughtfully put together…

D-Day Revisited: Lord Ashcroft Retraces His Father’s Footsteps to the Normandy Invasion

D-Day Revisited

D-day was the day over 155,000 allied troops, marines, airmen and naval personnel crossed the channel and invaded Normandy in France. The soldiers were on…

The Battle of Britain: In Honour of the Men That Fought Wholly In the Air

The Battle of Britain

It was a gathering to celebrate the brave men that fought through World War Two. And to mark the Memorial Day celebration, the Rolls-Royce Merlinengine…

World War Two: A Map of All the Bombs That Fell On Dorset

World War Two

When he set out to plot the locations of every single bomb that was thrown in Dorset during World War Two, the pensioner that not…

WHO-Tube: M1 Carbine Principles of Operation

M1 Carbine

The most used gun by US forces during World War Two was the M1 Carbine. Made from 1942 to 1945 the M1 Carbine was provided…

World War Two: Friendship Through Pain, Camaraderie and Valour

World War Two

Seventeen heroes of World War Two has built a long term friendship among themselves through the pain, camaraderie and valour they shared together while in…

The Trenches: Six Reasons Many British Soldiers Survived It

The Trenches

For many, the trenches are a “no man’s land” where gruesome death and brutal injuries are a daily routine. But according to statistics, it is…

Plane Lost During Battle of Britain is Unearthed

Battle of Britain

A wrecked plane recently discovered in Dorset has been dated back to the Battle of Britain. The plane in question is a German Messerschmitt Bf…