The Slovene Home Guard (Slovene: Slovensko domobranstvo, SD; German: Slowenische Landeswehr) was a Slovene anti-Partisan[2] military organization that was active during the 1943–1945 German occupation of the formerly Italian-occupied Province of Ljubljana.[3] It consisted of former Village Sentries (Slovene: Vaške straže; Italian: Guardia Civica),[1][page needed] part of Italian-sponsored Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia, re-organized under Nazi command after the Italian Armistice.