Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej
Territorial Defence Force
The Territorial Defence Force - TDF (Polish: Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej – WOT) is the fifth military branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The force is made up of professional and part-time volunteer soldiers, forming part of the country's defence and deterrence system. Formed in 2016, it has reached 21,200 personnel by July 2019 and is slated to reach a size of 53,000 personnel in 17 light infantry brigades by 2021. Creation of WOT relates to the reforms in Baltic states' Territorial Defence Forces to provide response during the early stages of a hybrid conflict.
WOT is the successor to the traditions of the Home Army National Command (AK), the greatest resistance force of the Second World War.
