Heziel Pitogo

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

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

Prince Charles Unveils Monument for WWII Female Agents

Prince Charles spent a very busy day making three public appearances in three various occasions last December 4 — including being the one to unveil…

Oxfordshire Village Earns ‘£1 Million’ Via Brad Pitt’s WWII Movie “Fury”

Fury, the WWII tank movie starring Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt wasn’t that popular among the residents of the Oxfordshire village of Shisburn, the place where…

Taiwan Exhibit Commemorates Flying Tigers Squadron

The Flying Tigers, formally known as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), was a WWII air squadron composed of US pilots from the USAAF (United States’ Army Air…

Man who Vandalized WWI Memorial Wanted by BTP

The British Transport Police (BTP) have released the photo of the man responsible for vandalizing a WWI memorial at Glasgow Central station last November 11…

US Relatives Honor the Fall of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Redlingfield

Family members of the US airmen whose B-17 Flying Fortress crashed in Suffolk during the height of WWII paid homage at the crash site. It…

“My Great Grandpa was a WWII Hero!”

If Elizabeth Turner had not started a school project about World War II, her great grandpa’s heroism during the said war would have still stayed…

New Book about ‘Auschwitz Photographer’ Wilhelm Brasse Launched

Wilhelm Brasse was a Polish portrait photographer trained at his aunt’s studio before World War II broke out. It was in 1939 when the German…

WWII ‘Kissing Sailor’ Pays a Visit to the Historic Photo’s Giant Statue

The moment was spontaneous…the doers were unknown – or so they seem…When  Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped the ‘Kissing Sailor’, a photo of a US sailor kissing a…

Surrendered Telegrams May Change Course of WWI History

A stash of 66 telegrams which were sent to the German High Seas armada in 1918 may compel historiographers to make some revisions on the…

German Hotel Apologized for Dubbing Spa Break “Kristallnacht”

Kristallnacht, Night of Crystal, also known as Night of Broken Glass — the name given to the wave of attacks done to the Jews throughout…

Art Reflects Life: “Monuments Men” to Recent Munich Art Loot Discovery

It is the prime example of art imitating life, or vice versa — the recent discovery of about 1,400 art masterpieces among rotten foods in…

Is That Really Adolf Hitler in the Crowd?

The picture shows a gathering in Munich, the crowd in a happy disposition. This is a very familiar photo showing how the people gathered in…