The Internal Security Corps (Polish: Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, KBW) was a special-purpose military unit established in 1945 by the Communist regime in Poland to combat and suppress activities of democratic underground (the remnants of the Polish Home Army), Narodowe Sily Zbrojne, Wolność i Niezawisłość, and others, as well as the Ukrainian armed organizations (the Ukrainian Insurgent Army). Between 1945-1954, the KBW was subordinated to the Ministry of Public Security, later to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Between March 1945 and April 1947 alone, units of the KBW killed over 1,500 members of the Democratic Underground known as the Cursed Soldiers, wounded 301, and apprehended 12,200 others. In 1965, it was included in the framework of National Defense.
In 1962, the Silesian Unit of the Engineering Army nr KBW-4 built roads in Bieszczady.
In 1965, the KBW was retitled the Wojska Obrony Wewnętrznej (Internal Defense Force).
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March 1945 – May 1945: Col. Henryk Toruńczyk
Jun 1945 – September 1946: Gen. Bolesław Kieniewicz
1946-1948: Brigadier General Konrad Świetlik
1948-1951: Brigadier General Juliusz Hibner [Real Name Dawid Szwarc]
1 March 1951 – 12 March 1965: Brigadier General Włodzimierz Muś
12 March 1965 – 1 Jul 1965: Brigadier General Bronisław Kuriata