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More than 800 parachutists are to re-enact the famous air drop that started World War II's Battle of Arnhem.
Over 800 British, Dutch and Polish parachutists, including eight veterans, will jump on to the main drop zone used in the 1944 assault.
The British-led and ultimately failed effort to push through enemy lines was immortalised in A Bridge Too Far.
More than 16,500 paratroopers and 3,500 troops in gliders were dropped into Arnhem for the operation.
The oldest of the veterans who will tackle Saturday's jump is 85, but the war heroes are adamant about making one last jump.
Large crowds are expected to turn out to watch, and this time the only hazard will be the wind and weather.
The veterans say it means a lot to them to repeat the jump from World War II military aircraft.
Field Marshal Montgomery's ill-fated Market Garden campaign was conceived to try to shorten the war.
The plan was to take control of eight bridges along the German-Dutch border.
British paratroopers were deliberately dropped eight miles from the bridges, but it was impossible for them to reach their target before the Germans were tipped off.
Nearly 6,000 from the 1st Airborne Division were captured after Arnhem, 1,174 killed. Almost 1,900 men escaped.
Over 800 British, Dutch and Polish parachutists, including eight veterans, will jump on to the main drop zone used in the 1944 assault.
The British-led and ultimately failed effort to push through enemy lines was immortalised in A Bridge Too Far.
More than 16,500 paratroopers and 3,500 troops in gliders were dropped into Arnhem for the operation.
The oldest of the veterans who will tackle Saturday's jump is 85, but the war heroes are adamant about making one last jump.
Large crowds are expected to turn out to watch, and this time the only hazard will be the wind and weather.
The veterans say it means a lot to them to repeat the jump from World War II military aircraft.
Field Marshal Montgomery's ill-fated Market Garden campaign was conceived to try to shorten the war.
The plan was to take control of eight bridges along the German-Dutch border.
British paratroopers were deliberately dropped eight miles from the bridges, but it was impossible for them to reach their target before the Germans were tipped off.
Nearly 6,000 from the 1st Airborne Division were captured after Arnhem, 1,174 killed. Almost 1,900 men escaped.
