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Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden
A commemorative parachute jump is to be held in the Netherlands to remember the 'bridge too far'.
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Watch: Hundreds of paratroopers leap to mark daring WW2 offensive
Veterans watched the jump, at Ginkel Heath near the Dutch town of Ede, to commemorate Operation Market Garden.
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Parachute drop near Arnhem marks 80 years since Operation Market Garden
Airborne units from eight Nato nations participate in commemoration of ill-fated second world war manoeuvre
Video. 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden commemorated near Arnhem
Video. Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of World War II's most daring — but ultimately unsuccessful — missions, Operation Market Garden.
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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.
