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These people aren't [[Hired Guns]], although the money may be a motivation. They genuinely believe in the cause they're fighting for and may well bring their own military experience to the battle.

 

 

[[Trope Namer|Named]] after the American volunteer squadrons which served in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the first two of the seven years of World War Two. They were recalled when the US was forced into the war proper.

** The Anla'Shok, also known as the Rangers, are a Minbari covert operations organization operated by the [[Church Militant|Religious Caste]], who boost their numbers leading up to the Shadow War by recruiting large numbers of human volunteers, unbeknowest to the Earth government. <ref> This is reversed later when the Rangers back Sheridan when he starts his military campaign to liberate the Colonies and overthrow President Clark's regime on Earth.</ref> In the show's final season, the Rangers begin to recruit from the other races as they begin to take on the role of [[Space Police|interstellar peace keepers.]]

** When the command staff is forced to purge large numbers of their security staff after the Nightwatch attempted to seize control, they are able to make up for it with large numbers of Narn volunteers.

 

 

* 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.

* 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).