2019 1.01 Izvirni znanstveni članek UDK 94(450.361Trst)"1943/1945" 329.18-051(450.361Trst) Prejeto: 1. 6. 2019 Klemen Kocjančič asist. dr., Obramboslovni raziskovalni center, Fakulteta za družbene vede UL, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana E-posta:
[email protected] Waffen-SS v Trstu in bližnji okolici med drugo svetovno vojno IZVLEČEK Trst, glavno mesto tržaške province, je bil med nemško okupacijo v letih 1943–1945 pomembno garnizijsko me- sto, zahvaljujoč svojemu geostrateškemu položaju in pristanišču. Kot glavno mesto novoustanovljene Operacijske cone Jadransko primorje (OZAK) je bil sedež nekaterih nemških policijskih in (para)vojaških enot, med katerimi so bile tudi enote ter ustanove Waffen-SS. Pričujoči članek predstavlja enote oziroma ustanove Waffen-SS, ki so bile prisotne v Trstu in bližnji okolici, ter njihovo vlogo med drugo svetovno vojno, še posebej v odnosu do partizanskih odredov Slovenije (oziroma Jugoslavije) in narodnoosvobodilne vojske, ki se je pozneje preimenovala v Jugoslovansko armado. KLJUČNE BESEDE Druga svetovna vojna, Trst, OZAK, Waffen-SS, narodnoosvobodilni boj ABSTRACT WAFFEN-SS IN AND AROUND TRIESTE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR Due to its geostrategic position and port, Trieste, the capital of the Province of Trieste, was an important gar- rison city during the German occupation in 1943–1945. As the centre of the newly created Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (OZAK), it was also the headquarters of some German police and (para)military units, including the divisions and establishments of Waffen-SS. The article at hand presents those Waffen-SS divisions and establish- ments that operated in and around Trieste as well as their role during the Second World War, especially in relation to the National Liberation Army and Partisan detachments of Slovenia (or Yugoslavia), later renamed Yugoslav Army.