Northern Group of Forces

Review of the 6th Soviet Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Mechanised Division, Northern Group of Forces, in Borne Sulinowo, Poland.

The Northern Group of Forces (Russian: Северная группа войск; Polish: Północna grupa wojsk) was the military formation of the Soviet Army (Russian Ground Forces starting 1992) stationed in Poland from the end of Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when they were withdrawn in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. Although officially considered Polish allies under the Warsaw Pact treaty, they were seen by some Poles, including Jan Parys, the first civilian minister of defense of the Republic of Poland between 1991 and 1992, as a Soviet occupation force.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Golon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Parys, Jan (2014). "The Soviet army in Poland". The Journal of Kolegium Jagiellonskie Torunska Szkola Wyzsza. 1: 12–18 – via ResearchGate.