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 U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!

The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…

Top 5 Best Military Bolt Action Rifles

Bolt action rifles were the mainstays of armies across the globe for nearly over half a century, and today we pick what we believe to…

Top 10 Best World War I Films, Have You Seen Them All?

We are in the 100th anniversary of the World War I. What better time than this to look back at the most memorable depictions of the…

Classic Images: Warbirds Over The Pacifc

We have collected some of the best images we could find of Warbirds over the Pacific. Hellcats, Wildcats, Catalina’s, Kingfishers, Corsairs, Aircraft Carriers and many…

Watch: Lockheed AC-130U Gunship Live Firing!

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed ground attack aircraft currently in service with the United States Air Force. It is a variation of…

Watch: Unbelievable Color Footage of Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…

Jihad with US-Arms – The Soviet–Afghan War

The moment the Soviet Union inserted itself in the Afghan Civil War, they started a domino-like spiral of violence that continues even to this day…

The Pacific’s Bitterest Battle of the War for the Marines – Peleliu in 24 Amazing Pictures

The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…

17 Unbelievable Facts You Never Knew About World War II

17 Amazing facts from World War II that you never thought possible, but they are true! The first U.S. service member killed in the European…

Rocket Firing Shermans – 20 Awesome pics and video!

During the second world was the United States Army used a tank-mounted multiple rocket launcher the Rocket Launcher T34 (Calliope). Placed on top of an M4 Sherman…

Watch: Lockheed AC-130U Gunship Live Firing!

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed ground attack aircraft currently in service with the United States Air Force. It is a variation of…

When An Israeli Air Force F-15 Landed Safely With Only One Wing

In 1983, on the 1st May, in the middle of an air combat session by the Israeli Air Force taking place in the Negev, an…