Heziel Pitogo

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

Articles by Heziel Pitogo:

WWII-Era Canadian “Grizzly” Tank Sold for $155,000

A WWII-era Canadian “Grizzly” tank was recently sold through online auction for $155,000. The Canadian “Grizzly” tank is a slightly modified version of the Sherman M4…

WWII Bomb Shelter Before, Hi-Tech Urban Farm Now

The WWII bomb shelter still houses beds . . . for very different occupants. The WWII bomb shelter, located 33 meters below bustling central London,…

86 Remains Used for Nazi Human Experiments Discovered In Strasbourg Labratory

86 remains of Holocaust Jews used in Nazi human experiments were discovered in a forensic medicine institute in Strasbourg in eastern France recently. These 86 remains were…

Lyudmila Pavlichenko The Most Succesful Female Sniper Ever With 309 Kills

When the most countries of the world avoid putting women in the front line for some reasons during the World War II, the Soviet Union…

WWII US Marine Install $33K-Worth of Bulletproof Glass for the Military Recruiting Center in His Building

WWII US Marine and vet, Roy Drinkard, paid $33,000 just to install bulletproof glass at the military recruiting center housed in his building in Cullman,…

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.…

France: Nazi Banner for WWII Film Sparked Locals’ Outrage in Nice, Prompted Tourists to Take Selfies

Nice, France – Locals of the city were outraged to see a Nazi banner displayed outside Nice’s Palais de la Prefecture, a government building. The huge red flag emblazoned with…

10 of the Most Devastating Bombing Campaigns of WWII

WWII (1939-1945) saw various atrocious developments when it came to warfare set in a backdrop of mass destruction of humans due to their ethnicity, religious beliefs…

The Rise and Fall of Graf Zeppelin, the Nazis’ Only Aircraft Carrier

The Nazis having their own aircraft carrier is a scarcely known story but that didn’t mean it did not occur. Here’s the account of the…

Goodbye, Lt. Col. Elridge Williams, One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen [1917-2015]

Another Tuskegee Airman, the first all-black military flying unit that came into being during WWII, passed away – Lt. Col. Elridge Williams – leaving the…

The Lost Airfields of the Americans in the North Pacific

Scores of abandoned airfields and other military establishments sit atop small atolls littering the North Pacific Ocean. These edifices were built by the Americans and…

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 actually worked! The Fake Tree If you…