Heziel Pitogo

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

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

Australia: Woman Hopes to Return Japanese WWII POW’s Paintings to Family

Australian comes out with the paintings made by a Japanese WWII POW hoping that publicizing the story will help locate his family and return the…

Happy 90th Birthday, WWII Vet Calvin Pascetta! (Navy Sailor Who Served in Three Wars)

WWII Vet Calvin Pascetta led an extraordinary life as a Navy sailor – he fought in three wars and survived them all. He recently celebrated…

Black History Month: African-American Soldiers and the ‘Double V’ Campaign in WWII

In honor of Black History Month or the African-American Month as it is known in the US (celebrated February in Canada and United States; October…

Germany: SDKFZ-10 Dug Up in Euskirchen Station

Another WWII relic is added to the countless others which seemed to litter through Germany’s landscape. This time, a SDKFZ-10 was dug up in a…

WWI Amazing Tale: Wallet Luck

WWI trooper Albert Rice dodged a bullet that would have dealt a fatal blow to his heart; it instead caused a non-fatal wound to his…

“Witnesses to the Downfall”: Hitler’s Last Days Described by His Closest Associates

The filmed testimonies given by Hitler’s closest associates about the dictator’s last days before his suicide were believed to have been lost. A German television broadcast them…

Ghost Army: The Secret ‘Air’ Tactic that Helped Bring the Nazis Down

Yes, they look like airbeds or even the bouncy houses one rents for a kid’s birthday party but these inflatable tank – just one of…

WWII Secret Revealed: Herefordshire Resistance Groups

These men led double lives – that of “cowards” while working for the British Army without the people around them knowing, even their own families.…

Talking Dogs Army Part of Hitler’s Plan to Win WWII – Doctor

It is not just a movie plot. As bizarre as its sounds, it really did happen in reality. German dictator Adolf Hitler had really commissioned Nazi scientists…

Tension Between Bletchley Park Trust, NMC Hampers Work on WWII Artifacts

An engineer alleges that the tension between Bletchley Park Trust and the National Museum of  Computing hampering is repair work on a priceless WWII German…

New WWII Discovery in Karimunjawa: German U-Boat

After discovering ceramics dating back to the Ming Dynasty in 2009 and 2011, divers from the Yogyakarta Archaeological Center has made another new discovery last…

Revisiting the Battle of Stalingrad through German Letters

The Battle of Stalingrad ended seventy one years ago – on February 2, 1943 – after exactly five months, a week and three days of…