Paratroopers, Operation Market Garden
Watch: Hundreds of paratroopers leap to mark daring WW2 offensive
Veterans watched as the jump was done in two waves at Ginkel Heath near the Dutch town of Ede, to commemorate Operation Market Garden.
Paratroopers mark 80 years since the Battle of Arnhem
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,
Paratroopers land in Arnhem honoring Operation Market Garden
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.
Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden
The airdrop is one of several events organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ambitious military offensive designed to speed up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the war in Europe. Among those who parachuted into the Netherlands were 1,900 allied airborne soldiers from Britain's 4th Parachute Brigade.
80 years after Market Garden: PM honors Polish paratroopers, warns war is close again
Violence, terrorism, and yes - since the Russian invasion of Ukraine also war - suddenly it is all very close again," said Dick Schoof on Saturday, 80 years after Operation Market Garden. At the commemoration in Driel,
In Pictures: Veterans watch as paratroopers leap to mark the Battle of Arnhem
Veterans were joined by royalty in the Netherlands at the 80th anniversary of a key battle in the Allies’ move to liberate Europe from Nazi rule.The event commemorated the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem,
Dutch paratroopers mark WWII mission
GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands -- Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central ...
Hundreds of parachutists drop over Dutch heath to commemorate World War II operation
Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the ...
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 ...
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NATO paratroopers land on electric cables
One Polish soldier damaged a roof, while another got caught on a power line Around a dozen Polish soldiers descended on a ...
Russian paratroopers trap Ukrainian militaries in Kursk Area
Russian paratroopers have successfully ambushed Ukrainian forces in the Kursk Region, resulting in the elimination of both ...
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 ...
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NATO paratroopers land on electricity wires
One Polish soldier damaged a roof, while another got caught on a power line Around a dozen Polish soldiers descended on a ...
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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 Operation Market Garden ...