▁with ▁its ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Tor u ń ▁and ▁the ▁S iles ian ▁Military ▁District ▁in ▁Kat ow ice . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 5 0 s ▁the ▁Polish ▁Army ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Polish - born ▁Marsh al ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁Konst antin ▁R ok os so v sky , ▁who ▁was ▁intention ally ▁given ▁the ▁title ▁" Mar shal ▁of ▁Poland " ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁Minister ▁of ▁National ▁Def ense . ▁It ▁was ▁heavily ▁tied ▁into ▁the ▁Soviet ▁military ▁structures ▁and ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁increase ▁Soviet ▁influence ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁Polish ▁units ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁war . ▁This ▁process , ▁however , ▁was ▁stopped ▁in ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁Polish ▁October ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁R ok os so v sky , ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁Soviet ▁pu ppet , ▁was ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁the ▁Polish ▁United ▁Work ers ' ▁Party ▁and ▁driven ▁out ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁a ▁hero ▁until ▁death . ▁ ▁Geography ▁▁ ▁Ge ograph ically , ▁the ▁Polish ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁border ed ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁Sea ▁to ▁the ▁North ; ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁( via ▁the ▁Russian ▁( K al ining rad ▁O blast ), ▁Lith uan ian , ▁By elor uss ian ▁and ▁Ukrain ian ▁SS R s ) ▁to ▁the ▁east ; ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁and ▁East ▁Germany ▁to ▁the ▁west . ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁Poland