Wojska lądowe obrony terytorialnej kraju w systemie bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego Polski w latach 1959-1989

The article presents the role and place of territorial defence forces in Poland's internal security system in 1959-1989. The basic premises of creating this kind of land forces and the tasks they were to fulfill on the territory of our country in case of an armed conflict are described. Then basing on the plans conducted in 1962-1989 of Polish Armed Forces' development and intentions resulting from them, the author describes the organizational development of two basic kinds of territorial defence of the state forces which included internal defence troops and territorial defence troops. The article is complemented with comparative data of the land forces' territorial defence of the state forces' strength in 1970-1985.