Its headquarters were located in Kowel, with units stationed in other Volhynian towns, such as Lutsk, Sarny and Wlodzimierz Wolynski.

In the following days it was transported by rail to the area of Bydgoszcz and Inowrocław, and finally, by 27 August, it was placed southwest of Starogard Gdański, as part of the Pomorze Army.

On the third day of the war, it was cut off from the Pomorze Army after bloody fights around Terespol Pomorski and Świecie.

[citation needed] On 6 September, the Division, renamed into Operational Group of General Drapella and strengthened by reserve units including the 208th Infantry Regiment from Inowrocław and National Defence Battalion Starogard, was ordered to defend Toruń from west.

[citation needed] On 16 September, the Group was ordered to march towards Gąbin, but was attacked by the Luftwaffe and German ground forces and destroyed.