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 Bunker Bash

Mark Barnes describes a day exploring the Atlantic Wall with WHO colleague Joris Nieuwint and other friends back in December. Batterie Waldam. Winter may be…

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…

The League of German Girls, BDM, the Nazi organisation for Girls – in Previously Unseen Pictures!

  The League of German Girls, in German; Bund Deutscher Mädel, or BDM was the girls’ wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. It was…

A visit to the Deelen Air War Museum

Near the Dutch town of Arnhem is a small but fantastic Air War museum about the air war from 1940-1945. The museum is housed on the…

The Strangest Images of WWII

War is a terrible thing but strange and funny pictures were taken during that period too. Here is a random collection of images of funny,…

WHO-Tube: Ray Hanna Spitfire Low Pass – Goodwood 1998

Ray Hanna AFC (with bar) was born in New Zealand on August 28, 1928. He became a pilot and squadron leader in the Royal Air…

The German Side of Cassino and Monte Cassino in pictures – PART 2

In this second part we will be looking at the German side of the battles abbey on top of Monte Cassino in an amazing collection…

The German Side of Cassino and Monte Cassino in pictures – PART 1

We will be looking at the German side of the battles for Cassino and the abbey on top of Monte Cassino in an amazing collection…

The Fuhrerbunker in Berlin – Amazing photo’s of the bunkers

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…

WHO-Tube: Flying Tigers Bite Back

Flying Tigers

If you are asked to think of World War II fighters you might very well imagine planes with sharp noses and shark’s faces. You might…

The German Invasion of the Netherlands – May 1940 in Pictures

In the morning of May 10th 1940 the German Army invaded the Netherlands. Below are a set of pictures that were taken by the accompanying…

WHO-Tube: Abandoned; WW2 Luftwaffe German Military Airbase

The German airfield Schönwalde was built in 1934 by the German Ministry of Aviation as a base for the German Air Force. They did this at…