Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza (WOP)
English translation: Border Guard Troops / Frontier Guard Troops
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| 3 | Border Defence Army//Borderland or Frontier Protection Forces |
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| 3 | Border Guard Troops / Frontier Guard Troops |
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30 mins confidence: 
Border Guard Army Explanation: During the communist era lasting from 1945 to 1989, the role of the border guard was carried out by the Border Guard Army (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza). |
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7 hrs confidence:
Border Defence Army//Borderland or Frontier Protection Forces Explanation: ccccccccccccccc Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza, WOP, Border Defence Army, Frontier Protection Forces http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-polish-border-guard-officer... ccccccccccccccc the command center of the Borderland Protection Forces (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza, WOP), https://books.google.com/books?id=Tp5XoyDMJYEC&pg=PA97&lpg=P... cccccccc Frontier Protection Forces The Border Guard Units were first established in 1928, but did not operated aircraft until after World War II. Between 1945 and 1989 the task was performed by a military force called Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza / WOP (Border Defence Army or Frontier Protection Forces) which included one Independent Recce. Aviation Squadron based at Wicko Morskie on the Baltic Coast. http://www.barwaigodlo.pl/public_service_aviation.html ccccccc The Polish Border Guard (Polish Straż Graniczna, also abbreviated as SG) is a ... by the military formation of Border Defence Army (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza), http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Border_Guard_(Poland) |
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9 hrs confidence:
Border Guard Troops / Frontier Guard Troops Explanation: Under the communist regimes, the Border Guard Troops (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza--WOP) was an agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - https://goo.gl/7gX9ut --------- ... the two earlier organisations replaced by one: the Border Guard Troops (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza – WOP) - https://goo.gl/uYTFkH ------- WOP Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza Frontier Guard [also Border Guard Troops] - http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a345171.pdf - page 220 (223 of pdf file) ----- Poland's Frontier Guard Troops (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza: WOP), numbering some 18,000-30,000, are organized into brigades, and man frontier posts and outposts - http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a229656.pdf - page 362 (375 of pdf file) -------- 3. A regiment of Frontier Guard Troops (Wojsko Ochrony Pogranicza) (WOP) and a regiment of Russian infantry are located on Mickiewicz Street in Szczecin - https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457... ------- Nearby, armed WOP [Frontier Guard] troops could be seen, as well as commandos in red berets. - http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a347606.pdf - page 24 (27 of pdf file) |
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