Parachutists Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
About 11,500 Allied troops died in the nine days of Operation Market Garden, more than than during the D-Day landings in France.
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 80th anniversary Operation Market Garden
Hundreds of parachutists jump to mark WWII operation
Operation Market Garden in 1944 ultimately ended in failure, with the loss of almost 15,000 Allied soldiers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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