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:

Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home (Watch)

The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…

Operation Market Garden September 23rd, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Arnhem A StuG, sell propelled gun in Oosterbeek The Airbornes are hard pressed around…

Band of Brothers Actors Reunion 2015

  On June 5 and 6, 2015 I [Jim Martin] attended the Band of Brothers Actors Reunion in Normandy. On June 5 at the Omaha…

Major Cain, The One Man Tank Destroyer Who Received a VC At Arnhem

Major Robert Cain was awarded the Victoria Cross in the battle for Arnhem. He was the sole recipient, out of the five Victoria Crosses awarded during…

Firing The Pak 40, Most Powerful Anti-Tank Gun of WWII

The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…

Operation Market Garden – September 22nd, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Oosterbeek Men of “C” Company, the 1st Border, on the Van Lennepweg, 21st…

Auschwitz-Birkenau: Drone video of Nazi concentration camp

This chilling drone video was shot by the BBC and shows the enormity of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today – over 70…

Operation Market Garden – September 21st, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Nijmegen The final assault on Arnhem…

Operation Market Garden: Oosterbeek Resupply Drop. 20 September 1944

Stanley Maxted of the BBC reporting from Oosterbeek during a resupply drop for the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden.

September 20th 1944 – The Heroic Waal River Crossing

This official After Action Reports start in the morning of September 20th, 1944, the 3rd day of Operation Market Garden and the bridges across the…

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…

Operation Market Garden – September 20th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Nijmegen A still from a Bridge Too Far At Nijmegen the combined efforts…