Slovenian National Defense Corps

The Slovenian National Defense Corps (Slovene: Slovenski narodno varnostni zbor (abbreviated as SNVZ); German: Slowenisches Nationales Schutzkorps) was an anti-Slovene Partisans military organization that was active in the territory of the Operation Zone of the Adriatic Littoral in the German-occupied portion of Italy. Although led by Anton Kokalj, it was directly subordinated to German Nazi commander Odilo Globočnik., according to what the Germans believed. In actuality, the SNVZ took no orders from the Germans, but were secretly spying on them and reporting German military activities to the Allies. The organization was ideologically and organizationally linked to the Slovene Home Guard that was active in Province of Ljubljana., but worked independently.