Internal Security Corps

Internal Security Corps

Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (KBW, Internal Security Corps), special military unit established in 1945 to assure internal order, and fight against independent underground (the remnants of Polish Home Army), Ukrainian armed organizations (UIA), and German ones. Between 1945-1954, KBW was subordinated to Minister of Public Security, later to Minister of Internal Affairs. In 1965, it was included in the framework of Obrona Terytorium Kraju.In 1962, Silesian Unit of Engineering Army nr KBW-4 built roads in Bieszczady.

See also

* Internal Troops - Soviet model for the ISC
* Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
* Operation Wisła


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