Dissolution
The final chapter concerning the Commandos of World War II was written on 25 October 1945 with the announcement by Major General Robert Laycock, (who had been one of the original volunteers for the Commandos in 1940 and had been promoted to succeed Lord Louis Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations), that the Commandos were to be disbanded.
Army Commandos were disbanded in 1946 and the Commando role was taken over by The Royal Marines.
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