Eighty years after lots of of Allied troopers parachuted from navy plane into Nazi-occupied Netherlands as a part of a daring World Conflict Two offensive, their trendy equivalents repeated the bounce 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 bounce was achieved in two waves, and people concerned landed on the similar location at Ginkel Heath, close to the Dutch city of Ede.
Amongst them had been members of the parachute show crew, the British Purple Devils.
The airdrop is one among a number of occasions organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Backyard, an formidable navy offensive designed to hurry up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the battle in Europe.