Arnhem's 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." ...

On Sept. 17, 1944, American and British forces launched Operation Market Garden, the largest combined ground and air operation ever attempted. After the Allies had broken out from Normandy, the ...

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.

Mike Renton explains how Operation Market Garden unfolded I used magnets to pin a large map to the side of the coach and even the pensioners, who between the 17 of them had a combined age of 1,452 ...

Operation Market Garden – the 80th anniversary of which takes place over September 17-25 – has gone down in history as a strategic failure. The brainchild of Field Marshal Bernard Law ...

The commemoration of Operation Market Garden “just shows that we do not forget those who lost their lives, made that ultimate sacrifice 80 years ago,” added David Snowdon, Moon’s great nephew.

Paratroops from nine Nato nations today jumped into Ginkle Heath on the outskirts of Arnhem - the same landing zone used 80 years ago during Operation Market Garden. The 16 Air Assault Brigade ...

Paratroopers land in Arnhem honoring Operation Market Garden 09/21/2024 Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one of the most renowned ...

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.