“Since its inception in 2016, the Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej [Polish Territorial Defence Forces] has contributed to strengthening the national resilience of Poland. It has done so in two important ways. First it has added mass and military capability to the Polish armed forces… Second, [it] has reinvigorated the connection between Polish society and the Polish armed forces.” – Dr Paul Latawski, an Emeritus Senior Lecturer of the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, on Poland’s ‘inexpensive’ efforts to increase land forces mass.

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