Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral

Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland (German)
1943–1945
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The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral ("OZAK")
Capital	Triest
Government	Commissariat
High Commissioner
• 1943–1945	Friedrich Rainer
History
• Establishment	1943
• Dissolution	1945
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Italy Yugoslavia Kingdom of Italy
Today part of	Croatia Italy Slovenia

The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (German: Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK; or colloquially: Operationszone Adria; Italian: Zona d'operazioni del Litorale adriatico; Croatian: Operativna zona Jadransko primorje; Slovene: Operacijska cona Jadransko primorje) was a Nazi German district on the northern Adriatic coast created during World War II in 1943. It was formed out of territories that were previously under Fascist Italian control until its takeover by Germany. It included parts of present-day Italian, Slovenian, and Croatian territories.^[1] The area was administered as territory attached, but not incorporated, to the Reichsgau of Carinthia. The capital of the zone was the city of Trieste.