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:

Help Restore Avro Lancaster KB882!

The Alberta Aviation Museum needs your help to relocate & restore Avro Lancaster KB882 to fully operational condition. KB882 Needs YOU! Avro Lancaster Mk.X KB882,…

Harrier Pilot Lands On STOOL On Aircraft Carrier After Landing Gear Fails

Flying an airplane at the best of time demands enormous skill, years of training and the ability to keep a cool head, no matter what…

Ju87 Stuka Dive Bombers in Action with Sound and Sirens WW2 Luftwaffe Footage

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…

How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler

The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…

What You Should Know About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers

Many nations have special monuments to soldiers who fell in battle and whose bodies have never been recovered or identified. The United Kingdom has the…

Top 5 Firearms That Changed The World

Some firearms have had such a great impact on global events that their very silhouette is synonymous with global events. This is a list of…

11 Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then And 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…

Myth Or Real? 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 gist…

World’s Largest LEGO Ship – USS Missouri WWII Battleship

BB-63, the USS Missouri “Mighty Mo” is an Iowa-class United States Navy Battleship, the third that was named in honor of the US state of…

Help Restore the Bastogne 101st Airborne 326th Medical Company monument!

December 2009 – the unveiling of the monument of the 101st Airborne 326th Medical Company was a fact. Now several years later we noticed that…

The Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: Terror With a Siren

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…

20 Facts About The P-51 Mustang – The Best US Fighter of WWII

North American Aviation (NAA) built the P-51 Mustang in factories based in Inglewood, California, and Dallas, Texas. It took them 102 days to build the…