Operation Antyk

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Operation Antyk (Antyk being an acronym for the Polish phrase Akcja Antykomunistyczna, "Anti-Communist Operation"), also known as Department R,^[1] was a complex of counter-propaganda activities of Polish resistance movement organisation Home Army, directed against pro-Soviet and pro-communist circles in Polish society, mostly members of the Polish Workers' Party.^[1][2] The operation was initiated by Office Antyk of the Home Army’s Bureau of Information and Propaganda.^[1][2] Begun in November 1943, it was directed by Tadeusz Żenczykowski.^[1][2][3]

Operation Antyk was a twin to the Home Army’s earlier and more famous counter-propaganda activity, Operation N.