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:

Heart Warming! 101st Airborne Veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin Meets Damien Lewis (Watch)

During the 70th anniversary commemorations of the beginning of our campaign in Normandy, Jim Martin was fortunate to meet several of the actors involved in HBO’s…

Cher Ami – The Wounded Pigeon That Saved 198 Men Of The Lost Battalion

During the Battle of the Argonne, in October 1918, ‘Cher Ami’, a female homing pigeon, which means “dear friend” in French, helped save the Lost…

Five Things You Don’t Know: M4 Carbine (Watch)

The M4 Carbine is the primary infantry weapon of the United States Armed Forces. It replaces the M16 Assault Rifle, which is longer and heavier.…

Broadsword calling Danny Boy – Where Eagles Dare, Facts, Figures & Goofs

Where Eagles Dare is a World War 2 movie that was made in 1968. This movie starred Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, and Richard Burton. The…

An Interview With Stephen Harding, Author of The Last Battle When American And German Soldiers Fought The SS Together

Stephen Harding tells about his book “The Last Battle” which will be turned into a major motion picture, and upcoming projects. Please tell us the…

TWO German WWII Halftracks Pulled From River in Poland

Two rare German halftracks from WWII – a Sd. Kfz. 250 – light armored halftrack and a Sd. Kfz. 7 halftrack artillery tractor were excavated form…

An American Experience in Vietnam – 14 Sad But Powerful Images

Zentih Press has released a must-have commemorative volume that presents material from the classic illustrated history The Vietnam Experience, now anthologized for the 50th anniversary…

The Amazing Discovery Of A Luftwaffe FW190 In A Forest Clearing Outside St Petersburg

Imagine going for a walk in the woods and coming across a World War II German war plane! Well, just such a plane was discovered…

When the Allies Killed Over 20,000 of Their Own Countrymen As They Sank Japanese Hell Ships That Transported Them

In May 1942 the Japanese began transferring POWs by sea. Similar to treatment on the Bataan Death March, prisoners were often crammed into cargo holds…

Pearl Harbor Movie, Ripped Apart by Honest Trailers (Watch)

Pearl Harbor, one of those movies that everybody has seen and everybody likes some bits of it. That is to say, only some bits; because…

Captured German Secret Weapons – Bachem Ba 349 and Ruhrstahl X-4 1945

In the Bavarian alps, in the final stages of the war in Europe, the allies discover the remains of some of Germany’s secret weapon program.…

World War II Tanks, Guns And More Found In Iraq (Watch)

Imagine yourself a modern day soldier, you are in Iraq fighting insurgents when all of a sudden you are faced with tanks that seem to…