The Armistice of 22 June 1940 ended the campaign on the Western Front for four years. JG 1 continued to exist in the form of the "Stabstaffel", which was not disbanded, but the single "gruppe" merged with JG 27 after the French capitulation which left JG 1 without any combat "gruppen". A consequence of the situation was that JG 1 played no part in the Battle of Britain. For reasons that are unknown, I. "Gruppe" JG 1 still appeared on the Luftwaffe order of battle throughout 1940. On 1 January 1941, Stab/JG 1 was subordinated to Luftgau IX, on the Heligoland Bight. I. "Gruppe" was placed with "Jasta Holland", alongside Stab, II. and III./JG 77 and I./ZG 76. The French surrender had made the "Luftverteidigungzone West" irrelevant and most "Jagdgeschwader" were moved to the English Channel. The status of JG 1 remained until 1 September 1941 when I. "Gruppe" was reformed. The "gruppe" was made up from "staffeln" created in late 1940. 1./JG 1 was reformed on 7 December 1940 in Vlissingen from "Jasta Holland". 3./JG 1 was formed on 1 March, then 2./JG 1 on 5 July. The Stabstaffel of I./JG 1 came into existence on 1 September 1941 to control the "staffeln" and merge them into a single "gruppe".