Heziel Pitogo

Heziel Pitogo is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

The Moldova Wine Tunnels and Hermann Göring

Let us take a look inside Moldova, its grape-laden soil, wine tunnels and its connection with one of Hitler’s henchmen, Hermann Göring. Moldova may be…

Why the World Should be Thankful to WWII Hero Alan Turing

Most people do not know WWII hero Alan Turing. However, that must change. First of all, the fact that you are reading this write-up in…

Missing WWII Marine Identified

Washington-The Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office of the Department of Defense recently announced the identification of lost WWII Marine Randolph Allen. According to reports, the…

M4 Sherman Tank Salvaged from the Barents Sea

An exceptionally unspoiled M4 Sherman tank, the battle tank the Allies primarily used during the Second World War, was salvaged from an area in the…

Mystery behind Portrait of WWI Officer Solved

The identity of the unknown WWI officer, which had hung in Wales’ Camarthen County Museum for years have finally been uncovered…one hundred years after his…

Remember Gino Bartali: Italian Star Cyclist Who Helped Jews during WWII

Gino Bartali was a famous Italian cyclist, a favorite of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini because of his winning the Tour de France on the…

Teen takes Smiling Auschwitz Selfie, Defends Action

A teen becomes the accepting end of backlash on the internet for taking an Auschwitz selfie – a smiling photo of her with the notorious Nazi…

Medals of WWII RAF Hero and Daytime Bomber Ted Sismore Auctioned

WWII medals awarded for the courageous and extraordinary feats of RAF hero and precise daytime bomber Ted Sismore went under the gavel last Thursday, July…

In Remembrance: The Freedom Trail Across the Pyrenees

The Royal British Legion Memorial Hall located on Droghadfayle Road, will hold an evening show entitled In Remembrance: The Freedom Trail Across the Pyrenees this coming Saturday at 7…

India: Neglected WWI Graves to be Restored

Some of the headstones of these WWI graves may have the words Gone but Not Forgotten carved on them, but the state they are in, neglected with…

Ex-Nazi Prison Guard Johann Breyer Dies in the US While Waiting Deportation

Ex-Nazi prison guard Johann Breyer, 89, passed away at a hospital in Philadelphia while awaiting extradition to Germany for war crime charges. Attorney Dennis Boyle,…

Cotswolds Village and 12 Other “Doubly Thankful” Villages: Where Men Came Back Home Safe from Both World Wars

The village of Upper Slaughter in the Cotswolds is one of the 13 “doubly thankful” villages who saw their men going to both world wars…