Final act: Arnhem veterans pay respects on 80th anniversary
WEB6 hours ago · 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. Applause rang out around the war cemetery in Oosterbeek and a military band struck up Jerusalem as the former paratrooper approached the Cross of Sacrifice, a short ...
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem
WEB5 hours ago · The Princess Royal has attended events in The Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne assault in history and one of the boldest Allied operations of the Second World War. This month marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Market ...
Paratroopers land in Arnhem honoring Operation Market Garden
WEB1 day ago · 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 ...
Parachutists commemorate 80th anniversary of Operation Market …
WEB1 day ago · Updated 6:11 AM PDT, September 21, 2024. GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of World War II’s most daring — but ultimately unsuccessful — missions, Operation Market Garden.
In Pictures: Veterans watch as paratroopers leap to mark the Battle …
WEB1 day ago · Paratroopers from Nato member countries jump on to Ginkel Heath in Ede, Netherlands, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem (Ben Birchall/PA) (PA Wire)
Anne lays wreath and meets veterans at Battle of Arnhem …
WEB20 hours ago · The Princess Royal has laid a wreath and spoken with veterans at a service commemorating the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago. Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir ...
Hundreds of parachutists drop over Dutch heath to ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago · Local mayor Rene Verhulst called the heath near Arnhem a place “where 80 years ago courage, sacrifice and hope came together in the shape of the airborne landings during Operation Market Garden.
In Pictures: Veterans watch as paratroopers leap to mark the Battle …
WEB1 day ago · Paratroopers from Nato member countries jump on to Ginkel Heath in Ede, Netherlands, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem (Ben Birchall/PA) Veterans were joined by royalty ...
Hundreds of parachutists drop over Dutch heath to …
WEB1 day ago · 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 ...
Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden - BBC
WEB1 day ago · Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden. Eighty years after hundreds of allied soldiers parachuted from military aircraft into Nazi-occupied Netherlands as part of a daring World ...
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