Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

BBC Viewers Upset Over WWI Rap

WWI rap

The BBC has put out a WWI rap which has many viewers upset. Some feel that they have made light of one of the bloodiest…

GavriloPrincip Honored by Bosnian Serbs

GavriloPrincip

Serbs in Bosnia honor GavriloPrincip, the young man who killed Archduke Ferdinand and started the First World War. The First World War began when GavriloPrincip…

Veteran Claims He Never Went AWOL

AWOL

A veteran of the Second World War claims that, contrary to war records, he never went AWOL during the war. Veteran Thomas Smith Jr., a…

Continuing Influence of WWI Technology

WWI technology

The growth of WWI technology had astounding implications for the evolution of the Information Age over the course of the decades following the war. Trench…

Identification of Canadian Airman from WWII

Canadian airman

During World War II, a Canadian airman was killed in a crash near the German city of Bonn. His plan went down in Laacher See,…

Japan Consults North Korea Regarding Captured Citizens

captured citizens

Japan has been looking into many captured citizens who fell pretty to North Korea around the time of the Second World War and the Cold…

American Military Members Try Medicinal Marijuana

medicinal marijuana

The subject of medicinal marijuana has been heavily debated throughout the United States, with some states in favor of its use while other states are…

Searching for Hitler’s Missing Money

missing money

The revelation that Hitler amassed a secret fortune has led to a search for the missing money. Historians have discovered that he took the funds…

Voting Rights of Navajo Code Talkers

code talkers

During the Second World War, Navajo code talkers helped the Allies to retain secrecy by using an unwritten language with which our enemies were completely…

If Archduke Ferdinand Had Lived

Archduke Ferdinand

What if Archduke Ferdinand had never been shot and killed? The world might never have entered the First World War, and as a result history…

Hitler’s Wealth of Royalties and Unpaid Taxes

Hitler’s wealth

Like that of many fascist leaders and dictators, Hitler’s wealth was not earned by entirely honest means. The Nazi leader amassed a great deal of…

Scottish Ghost Photographed at War Cemetery

ghost

According to a British schoolboy, a Scottish ghost has been sighted in the Neuville-St Vaast cemetery outside of nearby Arras, France. Mitch Glover, fourteen years…