Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one of the most renowned ...

Paratroopers from eight Nato member countries jump onto Ginkel Heath in Ede, Netherlands (Ben Birchall/PA) The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market ...

The BBC World Service hears from Hetty Bischoff van Heemskerck, a young Dutch woman from the city of Arnhem, who watched the Allied paratroopers come down.

While the operation succeeded in capturing the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, it failed in its key objective – securing the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem. Modern-day paratroopers from ...

Video: WW2 heroes are honoured as 700 paratroopers drop from the sky to ... Netherlands in an attempt to capture the bridges at Arnhem, their contemporary equivalents will drop ...

While the operation succeeded in capturing the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, it failed in its key objective – securing the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem. Modern-day paratroopers from ...

Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...