Complex sentence: On 22 July 1878,12 battalions of volunteer units who had participated in war, formed the Bulgarian armed forces.May 6 was officially pronounced as the Day of the Bulgarian Army in 1880, though it was banned under the communist regime, it was reinstated in 1998.
Split into simpler sentences: On 22 July 1878,12 battalions of volunteer units who had participated in war, formed the Bulgarian armed forces.May 6 was officially pronounced as the Day of the Bulgarian Army in 1880. Though it was banned under the communist regime, it was reinstated in 1998.