Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Investigations Continue: WWII’s Lawrence S. Gordon mystery is yet to be solved

U.S. Army Pfc. Lawrence S. Gordon grew up in Saskatchew and later on went to work in Wyoming. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, he…

Hitler’s Loyal Bodyguard Died earlier this year Aged 96

Rochus Misch was born in a small town of Alt Schalkowitz and what is now Poland, on July 29, 1917 and both his parents passed…

The Whispering Ghosts Of Gallipoli

The British War Cabinet wasn’t very impressed with the way Turkey entered the First World War on Germany’s side, in 1915. On the contrary, they…

RAF To Take Care Of Forgotten Graves

Sergeant Steve Brown remembers passing by the cemetery one day, when the resting places of several servicemen were dispersed all across the yard and overgrown.…

The Great War No Image Could Capture

There is this picture, now housed by the Imperial War Museum, that has been taken in September 1916, following the end of the Battle of…

Military Parade In Honour Of WWII Tank Commander From Northampton

Reg Spittles from Kingsthorpe Hollow, was born in 1918 and started working at the Crockett and Jones shoe factory just after he finished school. He…

Long Term War companion Pine Island Was There In WWII, Korean War and Vietnam

Pine Island got her name after the Pine Island Sound and there were other three ships in her class: Currituck Sound, Norton Sound, Salisbury Sound.…

Rolls Of Honour Have Been Removed From Church

Rev Michael Preston has been vicar of St Barnabas since 1986. The minister from Temple Road, Epsom, remembers the rolls being received by Surrey History…

Top 10 Nazi Myths

Number 10 – The Ark Of The Covenant The Ark, which is said to have disappeared between 597 and 586 BC was most wanted by…

WWII ‘Safe’ Ships Went Down To Save Soldiers

Australian archaeologist Michael Bendon was working in north-west Crete, in 2008. He was helping excavate an ancient 67BC town, destroyed by the Romans and which…

Kids Went On A Visit To Aviation Museum To Learn About WWII

“Restoring planes is super cool, but the people who do that have to be really good at measuring. Without math, they wouldn’t be able to…

GERMAN AND ITALIAN WWII POW’S HONORED IN KANSAS

A man wearing a German army uniform spoke to a gathering of other American, German, and Italian soldiers freezing in the Kansas wind. In front…