 It was intended to guard the Baltic Sea shores as part of the Polish Front and capture the Danish straits in case the Cold War turned hot.Unlike the 2nd Polish Army it was never mobilised and was disbanded as soon as Poland regained her independence from the Soviet bloc and left the Warsaw Pact.Although all armies of the Polish Army were disbanded in 1945, already in 1950 a need arose to re-create war-time structure of the armed forces in case of a conflict with NATO.