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Ian Ona Johnson

Department of History

Office
475 Decio Faculty Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
+1 574-631-1936
Email
ijohnso2@nd.edu

P. J. Moran Family Assistant Professor of Military History

  • War and modern history 
  • Military technology
  • Cold War history
  • Soviet espionage
  • WWI and WWII 
  • Diplomacy
  • Russian foreign relations
  • United Nations
  • Space travel history

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Johnson in the News

D-Day was the biggest operation of the war and a moment of high drama because everyone knew the Allies would invade Europe, they just didn’t know when or where, said Ian Johnson, a professor of war, diplomacy and technology at the University of Notre Dame.

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University of Notre Dame military history professor Ian Ona Johnson discussed the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes during World War II.

"It is clear the Kremlin thinks it has the capacity to continue the war and resume the offensive," said Ian Ona Johnson, assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

“The evidence suggests that Putin thought he could win a quick victory with the deployment of special forces and airborne units,” says Ian Ona Johnson, a professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame.

Ian Ona Johnson, assistant professor of military history, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

Ian Johnson is the P.J. Moran Family assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on German-Russian relations.

Ian Johnson, assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, believes that "the possibility of a coup is a faint one, but not impossible."

Ian Johnson, assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana: "His historical rhetoric suggested aspirations beyond Ukraine, restoring Russian primacy over areas formerly in Russia's orbit across Eastern Europe."

Ian Johnson, Professor of Military History at the University of Notre Dame, discusses what motivated Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine with Russian forces.

Ian Johnson, assistant military history professor at the University of Notre Dame said that the death toll "in military and civilian lives could very well reach the tens of thousands."

In “Faustian Bargain,” Ian Ona Johnson shows how extensive Russia’s help was.