Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Citizens Honor the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance

Warsaw Ghetto

Over seventy years ago, the Warsaw Ghetto saw an uprising which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Jewish residents. The resistance against the Nazi…

The Many Mistakes of Bernard Montgomery

Bernard Montgomery

General Bernard Montgomery was facing incredible danger in the battles following the Normandy landings, as the Allies suffered heavy losses in their mission to continue…

Stalingrad on the Maps Once More

Stalingrad

The name of Stalingrad has been relatively non-existent for many years. While it was still used during certain Russian events in reference to the former…

Graves of Victoria Cross Recipients to Be Fixed Up

Victoria Cross

Many brave soldiers won the Victoria Cross during the First World War for their heroism, but today many of their graves are in disrepair. To…

Danish Sailors on the Beaches of Normandy

Danish sailors

Several hundred Danish sailors were among the Allied forces during the invasion of the Normandy beaches in the Second World War, but had not been…

Paying Tribute to the D-Day Aftermath

D-Day aftermath

The D-Day aftermath is generally overlooked in favor of the Normandy landings themselves, but the battles that followed were just as important a part of…

Nazi Wanted to Resurrect Prehistoric Animals

prehistoric animals

It turns out that Hitler at one point aimed to resurrect prehistoric animals so that his officers could use them for big game hunting. It…

The Flight Back of Whiskey 7

Whiskey 7

The WWII-era plane, Whiskey 7, made an honored flight to the beaches of Normandy as part of the commemoration ceremonies on the seventieth anniversary of…

Did Hans Kammler Commit Suicide?

Hans Kammler

High-ranking SS General Hans Kammler was said to have committed suicide near the end of the Second World War. Now, he is the subject of…

Salvaging the Dornier Do 17

Dornier Do 17

Only one Dornier Do 17 bomber is still in existence, and up until last year it resided at the bottom of the English Channel. Thanks…

Project to Memorialize HMS Whimbrel

HMS Whimbrel

The HMS Whimbrel was one of many Allied ships involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, serving as an escort to a convoy from the…

Kaiser Wilhelm II and German Supremacism

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Before Hitler led Germany with a wave of nationalism, Kaiser Wilhelm II was the driving force of supremacism in the nation. As a military leader,…