Heziel Pitogo

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

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

Christopher Nolan’s Next Film: Dunkirk – A WWII Action Thriller

Dunkirk Evacuation Operation

The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s next film is reportedly a WWII action thriller based on the legendary Miracle of Dunkirk Nolan is set to start filming…

The Strangest, Funniest, Eccentric and Odd Habits Of Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and FDR

Admit it, finding little-known funny, eccentric and odd habits, obsessions and facts about men who carved their places in history is both amusing and interesting.…

Is This the End of Hitler’s Bloodline?

The continuation of the dictator’s bloodline in this world is in the hands of five men – sons of his nephew who have vowed never…

Top 12 of the Best World War Two Movies We Could Find, With Trailers!

We present you a list of twelve of the best WWII movies of all time. See if your favorite Second World War picture is included in…

Christmas Truce Story: Ordered to Kill Each Other, British Captain and German Baron Shared Beer Instead

One hundred years ago, instead of killing each other as they were ordered to do, British Captain Clifton Stockwell and German Baron Maximillian von Sinner…

Battle of the Bulge – Christmas in the Eyes of a WWII Veteran

“Christmas never comes around that I don’t think of the Battle of the Bulge.”  Sergeant Malcolm “Buck” Marsh Jr. spent Christmas this year surrounded by…

Christmas with GIs: How American Soldiers Took The Place of British Fighting Men During WWII

American GIs sent to Britain during the height of WWII were repeatedly described as “overpaid, oversexed and over here” but at least, on Christmas they…

“A Nazi Guide to Christmas” Leaflet Found; Instructs Party Members How Christmas Should be Celebrated

Unearthed from an archive in the German city of Dresden is a leaflet with the printed title stating A Nazi Guide to Christmas. The said pamphlet lists a number of…

WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!

  The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…

12 Little Known Facts about WWI

The Great War may have fascinated us with its bloody bloodbaths and trench warfare, but these 12 little-known facts about tell us that there was more…

6 of the Most Outrageous but Genius Disguises in War History [Crazy But They Did Work!]

Arguably, the disguises mentioned in this article may be the most outrageous but believe it or not, they worked! The Fake Tree If you are…

Goodbye, WWII Vet and “Great Escape” Survivor Paul Royle [1914-2015]

WWII veteran and “Great Escape” survivor Paul Royle – one of the only two living “Great Escape” survivors – passed away Friday, August 28. He…