Eighty years after tons of of Allied troopers parachuted from navy plane into Nazi-occupied Netherlands as a part of a daring World Warfare Two offensive, their trendy equivalents repeated the soar in commemoration.
In an airborne spectacular, 700 paratroopers from eight Nato nations – together with the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and the US – parachuted from 12 plane.
The soar was achieved in two waves, and people concerned landed on the identical location at Ginkel Heath, close to the Dutch city of Ede.
Amongst them have been members of the parachute show group, the British Pink Devils.
The airdrop is certainly one of a number of occasions organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Backyard, an bold navy offensive designed to hurry up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the warfare in Europe.