GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands -- Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden -- one of World War II's most daring but ultimately unsuccessful missions.

Britain's Princess Anne and hundreds of children laid flowers Sunday in memory of those who died 80 years ago during one of World War II's most audacious airborne operations: a plan to seize Dutch bridges and forge a path into Nazi Germany.

Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one of the most renowned World War II operations. Hundreds of paratroopers from several NATO member countries,

Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of World War II’s most daring — but ultimately unsuccessful — missions,

Eighty years after the landing of the airborne troops in September 1944, which was part of the Allied liberation operation Market Garden, the events will be commemorated on the Ginkelse Heide near Ede.

A commemorative parachute jump is to be held in the Netherlands to remember the 'bridge too far'.