Zadania i rozwój wojsk operacyjnych Sił Zbrojnych Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w pierwszych 15 latach funkcjonowania Układu Warszawskiego

The article describes the organizational changes and modernization of the operational troops of the Armed Forces of the Polish People's Republic in the first 15 years of the existence of the Warsaw Pact. In the structure of the Polish Army, the aforementioned troops constituted the most important component intended for military operations at the operational level as part of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact. During the war, the operational troops were to create a higher operational union (the Polish Front), which was to include three Land Force Armies, the Air Force Army and operational forces of the Navy. The units of the first throw were constantly in combat readiness, thanks to which they could start combat operations almost immediately, in accordance with the operational plans of the Warsaw Pact Command. The changing and growing requirements of the battlefield forced the command of the Polish Army to modernize the structure and equipment of opera-tional troops. These issues are described based on literature and archival documents.