Pomeranian Military District

Formally it was subordinate to the Minister of National Defence in the operational matters of defense and detached government administration (Art.

After 92 years, in accordance with the decision of the Minister of National Defence, in December 2011 the Pomeranian Military District was deactivated.

Unlike the 2nd Polish Army (raised and using after the Prague Spring of 1968), it was never mobilised and made operational.

It was disbanded as soon as Poland regained her independence from the Soviet bloc and left the Warsaw Pact.

The 1st Army included all units under command of the Pomeranian Military District, among them the Headquarters, the 8th, 12th and 15th Mechanised Divisions, 16th and 20th Armoured Divisions, as well as 2nd Special Battalion (deep reconnaissance), two artillery brigades, one anti-tank regiment, engineering brigade, two engineering regiments and numerous other smaller units.