Among them will be members of the parachute display team, the British Red Devils. The airdrop is one of several events organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ambitious ...

Aunt Virgie is still a sweetheart to the many she cared for, the multitude she served, and to me, who she still calls her “loving nephew.” ...

On June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Victor Nelson was the eighth paratrooper to jump in the blackness covering the coastline of ...

Thousands of British, US and Polish paratroopers ... Ultimate sacrifice' - The 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden ...

Operation Market Garden was an attempt to liberate the north of the Netherlands from the Nazis in September 1944, which ultimately failed with great loss of life among the allied forces. Some 35,000 ...

Operation Market Garden - which has been immortalised by ... as occupying the Groesbeek Heights to the east of the city. The ...

South Kesteven District Council Fulbeck Manor was home to the British First Airborne Division ... in the 80th anniversary year of the Operation Market Garden makes it especially poignant." ...

Writing for the Sunday Mirror, Luke Pollard revealed he had visited the Islands this week. It comes as the King prepares to ...

Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier Shan Hacketts 4th British Parachute Brigade With ...

The laser is a joint project shared by the U.K. Defense Ministry's science and technology agency and the U.K. branches of defense manufacturers Leonardo and Thales. Several "senior military officers ...

Ultimately, it was a bridge too far. Follow the fortunes of the British at Arnhem as they desperately attempt to hold out for the advancing forces during Operation Market-Garden.

Following on from the story of Hells Highway the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europes largest water ways the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen Here the 82nd US ...