Heziel Pitogo

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

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

Germany: ‘Hitler Cups’ Bearing Hitler, Swastika Image Recalled

Zurbrueggen, a German furniture store has apologized for unintentionally selling cups – dubbed as ‘Hitler Cups’ – bearing the images of Hitler and the swastika which is…

Unique WWI Mementos Featured at Museum Exhibit

A toy tank, handmade cards and even a piece of biscuit that’s almost 100 years old – these are some of the WWI mementos featured…

HMS Alliance Reopens After £7 Million Restoration

The only surviving WWII-era submarine of the British – the HMS Alliance – has reopened its doors to tourists after successfully undergoing major restoration which…

Classified WWI Files Now Available Online

For the first time ever, more than 150 classified WWI files were digitized by the National Archives and made available online. According to the BBC…

Inventions That Flourished Thanks to WWI

1. Sanitary Pads Cellucotton was already discovered before WWI broke out by a small US company named Kimberly-Clark. James C. Kimberley, the firm’s vice-president along…

Bomb left over from WWI Blew Up in Ypres, Two Killed

Ypres, Belgium – A WWI device, suspected bomb shell or grenade, blew up in Ypres, Belgium Wednesday, March 19. The explosion left two dead, one…

Life and WWI As Captured from the Lenses of Christina Broom

Museum of London features the collection of some 2,500 photographs taken by Christina Broom, the first female press photographer of the United Kingdom. Her trove…

WWII Love Letter Opened after 70 Years!

A mysterious WWII love letter which remained unopened for the past seven decades was finally unlocked Thursday, March 3, and revealed the the love of…

Bangkok – WWII Vintage Bomb Killed 7, Wounded 19 More

Bangkok, Thailand – a large WWII vintage bomb was accidentally detonated by workers in a scrap shop in Thailand blowing the said establishment up. According…

Was Eva Braun a Jew? New DNA Research Says So

A  pioneering DNA test revealed that Eva Braun, German dictator Adolf Hitler’s longtime companion and wife for less than 40 hours, came from a Jewish…

Shedding Light into the Lives of Japanese-Americans during WWII

When the Japanese Imperial Army went against America by attacking Pearl Harbor and the Philippines on December 1941, it marked a change into the lives…

Remembering the 1944 Nuremberg Raid

The 1944 Nuremberg Raid almost share the same date with the Great Escape in Stalag Luft III. In fact the events are just days away…