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** The Czechoslovakian Legion was more of a subversion. It was like this in the beginning, but afterwards they decided to leave this place and go home. To do this, they betrayed Admiral Kolchak.
* In the [[Polish Soviet War]], the Kościuszko Squadron was a squadron of American volunteers fighting for the Polish.
* Escuadrón 201, also known as the "Aztec Eagles", of the [[Useful Notes/Mexicans With Machine Guns|Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana]]. Mexico declared war on Germany after U-Boats began sinking Mexican oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico. Lacking the resources to raise an expeditionary army, Mexico instead formed a squadron of volunteers who were sent to Texas to be trained and equipped as a unit attached to the US Army Air Forces. They served with distinction in the Philippines until the end of the war.
* The Spanish Civil War saw quite a number of foreign volunteers fighting on both sides; the most famous are probably the German [[wikipedia:Condor Legion|Condor Legion]] and the Italian [[wikipedia:Aviazione Legionaria|Aviazione Legionaria]] (for the Nationalists) and the many [[wikipedia:International Brigades|International Brigades]] (for the Republicans).
* The Nazis had [[wikipedia:Category:Foreign volunteer units of Nazi Germany|quite a few]] during [[World War II]]. The last troops defending Hitler's Chancellery in Berlin were French Waffen SS of the "Charlemagne" division.
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