Joris Nieuwint

Joris Nieuwint is a battlefield guide for the Operation Market Garden area. His primary focus is on the Allied operations from September 17th, 1944 onwards. Having lived in the Market Garden area for 25 years, he has been studying the events for nearly as long. He has a deep understanding of the history and a passion for sharing the stories of the men who are no longer with us.

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Articles by Joris Nieuwint:

Operation Market Garden – Daily Situation Report – September 20th, 1944

  A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Nijmegen At Nijmegen the combined…

Operation Market Garden – September 19th, 1944 – Daily Situation Report

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Eindhoven The ground forces have repaired…

Operation Market Garden – Daily SitRep – September 18th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Eindhoven Eindhoven is liberated by the 506…

Operation Market Garden – Situation Report: September 17th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Eindhoven At Veghel the 501st PIR was dropped on two drop zones to…

WHO-Tube WWII Battle of Arnhem: “Theirs is the Glory” (1946) (Fulll movie)

“Re-enactment of World War 2 Battle of Arnhem. Later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far.” Part of Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Arnhem…

For sale: Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, $3,400,000

History: In 1943, the largest single contract for Spitfires was being produced at the Castle Bromwich factory near Birmingham, England. One of these aircraft was…

Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol

The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was built by the German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896–1937. The C96 gained fame in recent times…

‘Mercedes: Detects dangers before they happen’: German film students cause outrage with spoof advert showing a young Hitler getting hit by a car

Adolf Hitler may have totally loved his Mercedes limousine, but a wickedly humorous group of students created a video in 2013 that showed the vehicle’s…

The Cromwell tank

War memories are sometimes teeming with amazing anecdotes, and in this video, Lindybeige recounts two of them and also talks a little about the British WW2…

WHO-Tube: Jagdtigers Surrender at Iserlohn in 1945

The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…

WHO-Tube: Dick Winters “Hang Tough”

This documentary narrates a story about the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument, which is in Normandy, France in 2012. Richard was the leader of the…

The scale model of the Mohne Dam

By Mark Barnes / For Your Tomorrow for War History Online I had a photography job at BRE, the former Building Research Establishment. I had…