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:

The Italian Breda Ba.88 Lince – More Usefull As A Decoy On The Ground Than It Ever Was In The Air

One of the Italian ground-attack planes used during World War II that was a complete failure – the Breda Ba. 88 Lince. It was used…

Death of the Former WWII warship USS Booth, shipwrecked on the rocks

The USS Booth (DE-170) was a Cannon-class destroyer built for the US Navy in World War II. Serving in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans,…

Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett

In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast of…

Surprise your Wife, Buy A Sherman Tank! Only 275k dollar!

1943 Sherman Tank ( Grizzly ) Canadian built M4-A1 This is an all original excellent condition Sherman It had a New R975 engine installed 8…

Amazing pictures of the Heinkel HE 111

The German Heinkel HE 111 was designed in the early 1930s at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke. Because it was disguised as a cargo plane it has been…

The Mighty Eigth – B-17 Flying Fortress in Formation

If you love to see a B-17 Flying Fortress fly then you will surely love to see B-17 bombers of the Mighty Eight flying in…

Wehrmacht In Combat – RARE WWII COLOR FOOTAGE

See this astonishing combat footage from WWII! Watch, as it begins with the German soldiers marching in their famous or, depending on your preference, infamous…

B-17 dropping parachutists – not something you see every day!!!

A group of ten skydivers had the experience of their lifetime when they were given an opportunity to jump from the bomb bay doors of…

Pacific Plane Wrecks, Amazing pictures of Abandoned WWII planes

The Pacific Islands are still littered with plane wrecks from the fighting there. Planes that crash landed on remote locations or sunken in the lagoons…

The Canadians in Normandy – in COLOUR!

We’ve assembled some amazing pictures of the Canadian forces in Normandy and best of all, they are all in colour! We follow them inland after landing…

WHO-Tube: Abandoned; WW2 Luftwaffe German Military Airbase

The German airfield Schönwalde was built in 1934 by the German Ministry of Aviation as a base for the German Air Force. They did this at…

WHO-Tube: WWII Rare Footage of German Heavy Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Tank

The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the most feared tank by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that made this…