Paratroopers, Operation Market Garden
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.
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.
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.
Remembering Operation Market Garden, eighty years later
Eighty years ago today, as World War II raged in Europe, U.S. Army pilot William Marks flew a glider behind enemy lines into German territory. He was ferrying seven enlisted
5 Films and TV Shows About Operation Market Garden, Recommended by a War Historian
Here are five films and TV shows that explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allies’ September 1944 strategic gamble.
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.
Veteran new book on dad's part in Operation Market Garden
A hundred days after D-Day in 1944, the mission played out 60 miles behind enemy lines, which Frank took part in as a member of the special forces.
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.
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 ...
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101st Airborne troops land in the Netherlands in tribute to Allied operation 80 years ago
American airborne troops stormed out of their helicopters and took cover in some of the same fields where Allied troops took ...
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Allies to remember failed WWII parachute operation
Veterans and royals gather this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of one of World War II's greatest Allied debacles: an ...
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Hundreds of parachutists jump to mark WWII operation
Hundreds of parachutists on Saturday dropped down on a heath near the Dutch town of Ede, following in the footsteps of 2,000 ...
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 ...