English name German name Headquarters Established Notes Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland (OZAK) Triest 1943 Formed out of the Italian-occupied areas of Yugoslav Slovenia, the Istrian peninsula, and Friuli and Gorizia provinces. Attached (not incorporated) to Reichsgau of Carinthia. Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills Operationszone Alpenvorland (OZAV) Bozen 1943 Formed out of former South Tyrol, Italian Trentino, and adjacent smaller parts of northeastern Italy.