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GROM

A Polish special forces unit whose creation was ordered on 13 July 1990 by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Krzysztof Kozłowski; it was trained by Americans.

According to T. P. Kozłowski, the unit did not reach combat readiness in time for Operation Bridge (“Most”).1

More in the operation card: Operation Bridge (“Most”).

Sources

  1. Tomasz Piotr Kozłowski (Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences), Anti-terrorist cooperation as part of Poland’s geopolitical shift. ‘Operation Bridge’ and the rise of a strategic partnership with the United States, ‘Security and Defence Quarterly’ 47 (3), 2024, pp. 38–52, DOI 10.35467/sdq/186332

Checked: 3 November 2026