The Internal Security Corps (Polish:
Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego,
KBW) was a special-purpose military formation
established by the Council of Ministers in the Stalinist era
– on May 24, 1945. It consisted of 10 new cavalry
regiments,
infantry division and two buffer brigades. The corps itself was
subordinate to the Ministry of Public Security. By end of August
1945, its force was made up of 29,053 soldiers and 2,356 officers.
The KBW was called forth to protect public key infrastructure such
as railways, but mainly, to combat and suppress the anti-communist
resistance in Poland including activities of the "cursed soldiers
of the Home Army as well as all organizations which continued their
armed struggle against the Communist takeover; such as the Freedom
and Independence Movement (WiN), the "National Armed Forces" (NSZ),
and the
remnants of the Polish Home Army (AK) among others.
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