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:

Top 5 Best Assault Rifles

An assault rifle has to meet a certain set of criteria. It must be select-fire and use an intermediate cartridge. In this video we explain…

Pointe Du Hoc From Above! Where The Americans Captured The High Ground on D-Day (Watch)

Pointe du Hoc is on the coast of Normandy (Northern France) and overlooks the English Channel. The German army had control of this crucial area…

What if USA had won the Vietnam War? (Watch)

The Vietnam War is remembered in popular culture as a catastrophic failure by the USA to prevent the creation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.…

Crossing the Rhine – In Pictures!

On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…

The Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird – Top Secret Spy Planes

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

Strange! Object 279 The Soviet Heavy Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Explosion

It was at the Cold War Era’s height in 1959 when the Soviet Union constructed Object 279, which was an experimental heavy tank that could…

Top 10 Tank Scenes – Not Only in War Movies! (Watch)

This video shows the top ten tank scenes in movies – and they’re not all War movies as you may expect. The only criteria needed…

Exciting WWII Tales Of The Cromwell Tank (Watch)

War memories are sometimes teeming with amazing anecdotes, and in this video, Lindybeige recounts two of them and also talks a little about the British WW2…

Band of Brothers – Crossroads Battle – Drone Footage

Watch a Band of Brothers episode and have a close look at the site of one of the most famous battles from an entirely new…

This A-10 Warthog Video With Awesome Sound Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

In this A-10 Warthog video of a training exercise, you’ll see the A-10 in action using its cannon (30mm GAU-8 Avenger), firing missiles ( AGM-65 Maverick)…

This Cockpit Video Of A Mosquito Will Rock Your Day!

It is not often that you see a Mosquito flying because there are only two airworthy examples left in the world, one in Canada and…

The MASSIVE 60cm German Siege Mortar Karl

During World War 2, the Germans were famous for designing and producing mega war artillery. One of the most notable German Mortar Guns was the…