The division remained in Normandy for
three months before being withdrawn in
September. While still recruiting and
reforming in England, it was mobilised
again and sent to Belgium in December
1944, to help counter, the surprise
German offensive in the Ardennes, the
Battle of the Bulge. Their final
airborne mission was followed in March
1945, Operation Varsity, the second
Allied airborne assault over the River
Rhine.
