Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Most Of The People In Britain Don’t Know That WWI Was Fought Beyond The Western Front

WWI

The new statistics show that not even half of the British people know that America was also part of the First World War and less…

Dutch Resistance Fighter Recalls German Occupation During World War II

Dutch Resistance

Jules Weyers can say he lived two lives: one on the front line, struggling to survive and return home safely and another, following the end…

The Long Shadow Of World War II

World War

According to a new survey, people, who spend their early life surrounded by the chaos of the World War Two are more likely to suffer…

Can You Help Solve This WWII Mystery?

WW2 Mystery

Chris Ward, author of Bomber Command, is calling on the Guardian readers who might have information regarding the death of the man, or who could…

Professors Warn WWI Could Become Forgotten

A professor from Salem State University insists that the 100 years old conflict might soon become forgotten. Chris Mauriello, a history professor, is taking his…

Forgotten Letter From WWI Sailor Delivered After Almost A Century

Forgotten Letter

The forgotten letter, signed “Your Blue Jacket Boy,” was dated 1916, and was found behind a fireplace in Kirkwall, Orkney. It was addressed to the…

Abe Urged To Admit Wartime Atrocities

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan’s former Prime Minister said this week that Japanese leader Shinzo Abe must honor the Murayama Statement and asked him to admit on…

Lee Miller: The Woman In Hitler’s Bathtub

Lee Miller

Her entire life was an adventure, since she was the only female photographer allowed on the front line in Europe, during World War Two and…

Wis. WWII Vet Was Lobotomized By Govt. After War

Lobotomized

His story and that of other 2,000 other Second World War veterans who suffered from mental problems and who received the procedure following the end…

100 Years Later, WWI Sparks A New Battle In Britain

The initial plans included schoolchildren visiting battlefields, communities working on restoring monuments and the nation remembering a war that lasted four years and killed more…

Howard Mercer Witnessed Kamikaze Attacks During World War II

Attacks During World War II

He was only 17 years old when he was serving on the LCI 353 mortar ship in the South Pacific, during the invasion of Okinawa,…

Red Cross Workers Were Suspected Of Being German Spies In Second World War

German Spies

In his new book, James Crossland writes about the relations between Britain and the  International Committee of the Red Cross during the Second World War,…