Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one of the most renowned World War II operations. The Allied bid to secure a Rhine crossing proved "A Bridge too Far.

Eighty years after thousands of Allied airborne troops parachuted into the Nazi-occupied Netherlands in a daring military offensive their modern counterparts have made the same jump. Paratroopers from eight Nato member countries,

Princess Anne laid a wreath in the Netherlands today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.

Walking with a stick, flanked by two members of his family and bathed in the light of a late September morning, 99-year-old Geoff Roberts laid the last of the wreaths at the Airborne Memorial Service for the battle of Arnhem.

Service to commemorate Operation Market Garden 80 years on attended by Grimsby and Cleethorpes Paratroopers Regiment Association

NATO nations have recreated the Second World War airborne invasion of the Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly

Eighty years after the landing of the airborne troops in September 1944, which was part of the Allied liberation operation Market Garden, the events will be commemorated on the Ginkelse Heide near Ede.