 The remnants of the 1st Airborne Division was returned to England soon after . The division never fully recovered from their losses at Arnhem and the 4th Parachute Brigade was disbanded . Just after the end of the war in Europe , the depleted formation took part in Operation Doomsday in Norway in May 1945 . They were tasked with the disarmament and repatriation of the German occupation army . The 1st Airborne Division then returned to England and was disbanded in November 1945 . 
