A whole bunch of Allied troopers parachuted from navy plane into Nazi-occupied Netherlands as a part of a daring assault in World Battle II, a leap commemorated by their modern-day counterparts repeating it eighty years later.
In a spectacular drop, 700 paratroopers from eight NATO nations, together with the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and the US, parachuted from 12 plane.
The leap was accomplished in two waves, with these concerned touchdown on the identical spot on Ginkel Heath close to the Dutch city of Ede.
Amongst them have been members of the British Pink Devils, a parachute demonstration crew.
The airdrop was one among a number of occasions organized to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Backyard, an bold navy offensive designed to hurry up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the size of the conflict in Europe.
