the polish resettlement corps (prc; ) was an organisation formed by the british government in 1946 as a holding unit for members of the polish armed forces who had been serving with the british armed forces and did not wish to return to a communist poland after the end of the second world war. it was designed to ease their transition from military into civilian life and to keep them under military control until they were fully adjusted to british life. it was mainly run by the british army. the prc was disbanded after fulfilling its purpose in 1949.