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== Real Life ==
General examples:
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the American volunteer squadrons in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the early (i.e. American neutrality) period of [[World War Two]].▼
** In fact, the first USAAF aircraft to fight on the Western Front after America's entry into the war were British Spitfires from the Eagle Squadrons which were repainted to have American insignia on them. They transitioned to American-made airframes as the American war effort got going.▼
* Another good example are the American Volunteer Group (AKA the "Flying Tigers") who flew P-40 Warhawks for China against the Japanese. Contrary to legend the AVG were mercenaries (and well paid ones at that) and didn't actually fly their first mission until four days ''after'' Pearl Harbor. They were eventually incorporated into the USAAF.▼
** The Soviet Operation Zet was an earlier example in the same war.▼
* In the [[Spanish Civil War]], both sides saw many foreign volunteers, including the famous author [[George Orwell]] on the Republican side.▼
* [[wikipedia:Category:Expatriate units and formations|Here is the Wikipedia category on these]]. Some more notable ones from the list:
** The WWI French equiv. of the Eagle Squadron, the Lafayette Escadrille.
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** The Mahal during the Israeli War for Independence, a combination of Jews fighting for a homeland and WWII Veterans looking for adventure. The very first Israeli Brigadier General had been a Colonel in the US Army, much of the early Israeli Air Force was made up of American and Canadians who had flown against the Luftwaffe.
** The [[Legion of Lost Souls|French Foreign Legion]], depending on what the French are doing at any given time.
* Just about any war fought by the USA but not Canada, or vice versa, lead to men from the non-participating country crossing the border to enlist. Most notably with the early years of WWI, WWII and Vietnam.▼
[[World War I]]:
▲* The [[Trope Namer]] is the American volunteer squadrons in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the early (i.e. American neutrality) period of [[World War
▲** In fact, the first USAAF aircraft to fight on the Western Front after America's entry into the war were British Spitfires from the Eagle Squadrons which were repainted to have American insignia on them. They transitioned to American-made airframes as the American war effort got going.
[[Spanish Civil War]]:
▲* In the [[Spanish Civil War]], both sides saw many foreign volunteers, including the famous author [[George Orwell]] on the Republican side.
* The 13th international Brigade of the Spanish civil 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).▼
[[World War II]]:
▲* Another good example are the American Volunteer Group (AKA the "Flying Tigers") who flew P-40 Warhawks for China against the Japanese. Contrary to legend the AVG were mercenaries (and well paid ones at that) and didn't actually fly their first mission until four days ''after'' Pearl Harbor. They were eventually incorporated into the USAAF.
▲** The Soviet Operation Zet was an earlier example in the same war.
* Swedish volunteers fought against the Soviets in Finland during the Winter War.
* [[The Yugoslav Wars]] saw foreign volunteers fighting on all sides. Arabs fought on the Bosnian Muslim side, while Greeks and Russians fought for the Serbs. There were cases of neo-Nazi volunteers fighting for the Serbs or Croats.▼
* A number of foreign volunteers served in the Rhodesian security forces during the 1970s.▼
* After Nazi Germany conquered their countries, many Polish and Czechoslovakian pilots traveled to the UK and decided to fly for the British Royal Air Force. The top-scoring RAF pilot of the Battle of Britain was Czech, and the pilots of the top-scoring RAF squadron were Polish.
▲* Just about any war fought by the USA but not Canada, or vice versa, lead to men from the non-participating country crossing the border to enlist. Most notably with the early years of WWI, WWII and Vietnam.
* The Texas Revolution featured American militia regiments joining the young Army of the Republic of Texas. Santa Anna (dictator of Mexico at the time) regarded them as pirates and mercenaries as they had no claim for fighting, and [[It Got Worse|this lead to the most notable massacres of the time aginst both the American volunteers and the white Texan settlers]].▼
* The Czechoslovakian Legion (on White side) and the International Units of the Red Army ([[Captain Obvious|on Red side]]) during the [[Red October|Russian Civil War]]. Many of them were WWI ex-POWs, but all POWs were free to leave Russia after 1917. These guys stayed, so they qualify for this trope.▼
** 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 [[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.
* The Free French [[wikipedia:Normandie-Niemen|Normandie-Niemen fighter squadron]], flying for the Soviet Union in [[World War II]].
The Korean War:
* Russian pilots flew for China and North Korea during the Korean War. Because proof of Russian involvement could have escalated the conflict into World War III, the Russians pretended to be Korean and the UN forces went along with the pretense.
* Chinese People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War.
Other Conflicts:
▲* [[The Yugoslav Wars]] saw foreign volunteers fighting on all sides. Arabs fought on the Bosnian Muslim side, while Greeks and Russians fought for the Serbs. There were cases of neo-Nazi volunteers fighting for the Serbs or Croats.
▲* A number of foreign volunteers served in the Rhodesian security forces during the 1970s.
▲* The Texas Revolution featured American militia regiments joining the young Army of the Republic of Texas. Santa Anna (dictator of Mexico at the time) regarded them as pirates and mercenaries as they had no claim for fighting, and [[It Got Worse|this lead to the most notable massacres of the time aginst both the American volunteers and the white Texan settlers]].
▲* The Czechoslovakian Legion (on White side) and the International Units of the Red Army ([[Captain Obvious|on Red side]]) during the [[Red October|Russian Civil War]]. Many of them were WWI ex-POWs, but all POWs were free to leave Russia after 1917. These guys stayed, so they qualify for this trope.
▲** 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.
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