Today was the main commemorative drop, and like that of D-Day a veteran in his 90's took part in it. The way into this battle, designed to outflank the Siegfried Line/West Wall, was straightforward enough as all such Ops often are. However, again as often happens in war, it started to unravel from the start.
The courage of those who held the bridge at Arnhem and those who desperately tried to reinforce them is well known. In the end the survivors were either captured or escaped in a hastily planned withdrawal across the river downstream. Here is the account of 25th September 1944:-
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/fea...25th-1944.html
and of the commemoration at Down Ampney:-
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles...t-garden-75th/
Lest we forget...