Hundreds of parachutists drop over Dutch heath to commemorate World War II operation
Paratroopers from the Dutch Air Mobile Brigade and 12 other NATO nations took part in jumps watched by WWII veterans and about 60,000 spectators.
Parachutists commemorate 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of World War II’s most daring — but ultimately unsuccessful — missions,
US troops, NATO allies jump over the Netherlands for 80th anniversary of Market Garden
Hundreds of American and allied military personnel recreated the paratrooper jumps and river crossings of the failed World War II operation.
World War II's Operation Market Garden commemorated
Parachutists jump Saturday over Ginkel Heath, Netherlands, to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II's Operation Market Garden. Parachutists jump Saturday over Ginkel Heath, Netherlands, to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II's Operation Market Garden.
Commemorating Courage: The 80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden
Hundreds of paratroopers commemorated the 80th anniversary of World War II’s Operation Market Garden by performing jumps over Ginkel Heath in the Netherlands. This daring but unsuccessful mission aimed to seize key bridges from the Nazis.
King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation Market Garden
King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation Market Garden - Operation Market Garden aimed to push through the Netherlands and into Germany just a few months after the D-Day landings.
Daring but unsuccessful: Operation Market Garden remembered on 80th anniversary
Parachutists jump over Ginkel Heath Netherlands, Sept. 21, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of an audacious by unsuccessful World War II mission codenamed Market Garden.
Dutch paratroopers mark WWII mission
GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands -- Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central ...
One of Britain’s last remaining Arnhem survivors, 99, watches as paratroopers fill the skies above the town 80 years on
THE skies above Arnhem were full of parachutes again yesterday — 80 years after brave British troops made the same jump ...
Paratroopers mark 80 years since the Battle of Arnhem
Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team.
Anne lays wreath and meets veterans at Battle of Arnhem commemorative event
The Princess Royal has laid a wreath and spoken with veterans at a service commemorating the soldiers who died during the ...
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Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden
Among those who parachuted into the Netherlands were 1,900 allied airborne ... in the Oosterbeek war graves cemetery, close to Ginkel Heath. Their coffins were dressed in Union Flags and carried ...
Solemn Ceremony Marks End Of Failed WWII Parachute Drop Commemorations
Britain's Princess Anne and hundreds of children laid flowers Sunday in memory of those who died 80 years ago during one of ...