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:

Exclusive – WWII Through The Eyes Of A GI – The Amazing War Photos Of Biagio Castiglione

Biagio Castiglione was a Combat Engineer at the Corps level and mostly drove trucks. A regular GI, he always had a camera with him and…

The Best American Fighter Of World War Two – The P-51 Mustang

The P-51 Mustang Fighter, a North American Aviation, is one of the most iconic fighters / fighter-bombers that is single-seated and was used during World…

Fact or Fiction: Germany Built Wooden Airfields to Fool the Allies, So They Bombed It With Wooden Bombs

  This story has been told in many ways, where locations of where the airfield was and how it was bombed being different but the…

Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then & Now

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

Clearing Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne at Veghel – Operation Market Garden (Part 2)

Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th, 1944 and we are on the 6th day of the ill-fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans tried…

Amazing facts about the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka -it had a top speed of a mere 255mph

The Stuka got its nickname from the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug or dive-bomber, the official designation was Junkers Ju-87. The first plane prototype Stuka flew in…

Major Things That Went Badly Wrong on Omaha Beach

It is widely known and accepted that the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day were something akin to a disaster, everything that could go wrong…

Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne at Veghel – Operation Market Garden (Part 1)

The date is September 24th, 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into its 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…

Amazing Photo Collection Of The Fuehrerbunker in Berlin

We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each…

Amazing Pilot Saved His Wingman, Pushed His Damaged Phantom By Its Tail Hook Out Of Vietnam

Of the 132 missions Bob Pardo flew in Vietnam with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, the most significant is that of March 10, 1967, when…

Lancaster Pilot Survived Free-falling When A Searchlight Helped Him Find His Parachute Which Wasn’t Strapped On

On February 19th, 1944 over the German town of Hannover, pilot Barry Douetil’s Lancaster was attacked by a Focke-Wulf 190 night fighter plane. The attack quickly set the…

Personal Items From WWII Discovered At Arnhem Bridge

Archeological research at the foot of the famous John Frost bridge in Arnhem has revealed new information about the battle and the aftermath. On September…