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,

Hundreds of American and allied military personnel recreated the paratrooper jumps and river crossings of the failed World War II operation.

Hundreds of parachutists on Saturday dropped down on a heath near the Dutch town of Ede, following in the footsteps of 2,000 Allied soldiers 80 years ago. This included the solemn reburial of two Allied soldiers who died at the time,