Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Newcastle: WWII And The Victoria Tunnel

The Victoria Tunnel is under the management of the Ouseburn Trust and it’s considered one of the most satisfying activities to do while you are…

Wartime Structure Unearthed By Tidal Surge

As the surge caused flooding all across the North East, it also unearthed a wartime pillbox structure on the sandy beach at Bamburgh in Northumberland.…

Liberation Route Europe Marks 70th Anniversary

Liberation Route Europe was created to follow the journey of the Allied forces as they advanced in occupied Europe, during their attempt to stop the…

East Germany’s Secret Intelligence Files: Pictures From The Secret Stasi Archives

Simon Menner, a German artist, has put together a series of photographs featuring spies from former communist East Germany, in an exhibition named “Pictures from…

Owner Of Vietnam Dog Tag Found After 45 Years

Naismith went to Vietnam in 2010 to teach English. One day he went on to explore the place where the battle of Khe Sanh took…

D-Day Memorial And The Bedford Boys : 70th Anniversary

According to President April Cheek-Messier, this might be the last big gathering at the National D-Day Memorial, as the youngest veterans are now in their…

Iruma: Japan’s Aviation Museum

Back in the 1930s was established Japan’s air force academy. Japan’s military installations were taken under the U.S. forces command after WWII and it was…

A Russian Journal: John Steinbeck and Robert Capa

Steinbeck and Capa embarked on a six week Soviet Union tour through the early stage of the Cold War era. During their short trip, they…

Nazi Assassin Heinrich Boere Dies Aged 92

Boere’s father was Dutch and grew up in the Netherlands; his mother was a German from Eschweiler, Germany. Heinrich moved to the Netherlands when he…

Monuments Men: Saviours Of The Lost Arts

Corporal Lincoln Kirstein was the first men to enter the salt mine in Altaussee, Austria, after the unit that was there with him, managed to…

Two WWII Huts Discovered At Bletchley Park

The £8m restoration of the Bletchley Park has given archaeologist some new sites to keep them busy. The “glorified wooden sheds”, how the huts are…

The ‘War to End All Wars’ Memorials Of France

Mimrod T. Frazer, 80, whose father – Sgt. William Johnson Frazer was awarded a Purple Heart, created a memorial on the site, to pay tribute…