Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Son Of President Eisenhower Dies Aged 91

The family announced the death of John Eisenhower, the oldest surviving son of an American president. Eisenhower served as an Army officer in the Second…

Alfred Rosenberg’s Diary:How Vegetarian Hitler Wanted To Ban Sick Children From Eating Meat

The diary, which disappeared seven decades ago during the Nuremberg trials, was believed to have been smuggled out of Germany by US prosecutor Robert Kempner.…

Austrian Journalist Claims Salt Miners Saved The Art Works And Not Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’

According to an Austrian journalist whose book has just been published this week in Austria, the £5billion worth artworks were actually saved by a group…

Academic Reprint Of Hitler’s Mein Kampf soon to be available

A number of German newspapers suggested last week that Bavaria was trying to ban Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf. Actually, Horst Seehofer, Bavaria’s minister president…

WWII Genocide Against Roma Remembered

Serbian Minister of Health Slavica Đukić-Dejanović insisted that the genocide was one of the most tragic episodes for the Roma people during the Second World…

Former Concentration Camp Guard Held By Police After Raid At His Home

The pictures were taken at Dachau, the place he worked for 2 years as an SS guard. The man admitted having fun while working with…

Jack Bally From Dixon Builds A B-17 (scaled) Bomber

His work began almost 13 years ago and he is now hoping he will be able to fly his version of B-17 G bomber in…

24 Nazi Death Camp Guards, Including Three Women, Are Being Probed In Germany

The three ladies, now aged between 90 and 94, served as guards at Hitler’s concentration camps, nearly 70 years ago. The women and other 21…

Brompton Road Station To Be Turned Into Flats

The station, which was used by Winston Churchill, was closed in 1934 because of the lack of passengers. It was used during the Second World…

The Remains Of An American Soldier Returned To His Widow After 63 Years

Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Gantt told his wife Clara she should remarry if he does not return from the war but she said she…

Last Surviving US Serviceman Aboard B-17 Bomber that Crash-landed on Beach at Burnham-on-Sea Dies in Delaware, USA

US Tech. Sgt. Walter C. Skinner was top turret-gunner aboard the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that crash-landed on the beach at Burnham-on-Sea on December 31,…

World War ll M1 Garands

For those who had been there, the M1s available today are nothing like they used to be in WWII; it seems that the rifles once…