List of Foreign Volunteers

This is the list of foreign volunteers who haved served in the biggest wars of the 20th Century.

American

1. The Lafayette Squadron of the French Air Force in World War I.
2. A number of American Pilots flew with No. 32 Squadron RFC in World War I.
3. The Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
4. The Eagle Sqaudrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II.
5. The Flying Tigers in the Republic Of China Air Force in World War II.
6. Before the US entered the War, many Americans crossed the American Canadian Border and joined the Canadian Armed Forces, escpecially the RCAF, and served in ordinary Canadian Units.
7. Five American Ivy Leaguers enlisted in the British Army in World War II and became the first Americans to fight the Nazis.
8. A Volunteer Squadron of three M3 Grants commandeered by American Tank Crewman were placed under British Command and fought in Libya in World War II.
9. Many Americans joined the Free Dutch Forces to fight in Europe and The Pacific during World War II.
10. A handful of Americans served in the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.
11. The Crippled Eagles were American Volunteer Divisions for the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War.
12. The American Battalion of the Nordland Division during World War II.
13. The Polish-American Legion of the 1939 September Campaign.
14. The Finnish-American Legion of the Winter War.
15. Some Americans fought in the Bavarian Air Corps during World War I.

British

1. The British Battalion of the International Brigades fought in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican Side.
2. The British Free Corps of the Waffen-SS in the Second World War.
3. Many British men volunteered for the Free Dutch Forces in World War II.
4. The British Legion Of St. George was a Battalion of the Volunteer Division Nordland.
5. The British Sisu Brigade in the Winter War.
6. Belgian
7. 1. The 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade of the British Army fought on the Western Front in World War II.
8. 2. The Walloon Legion of the Waffen-SS fought in the Second World War.
9. The Volunteer Legion Flanders.
10. Hundreds of Flemish Men served in Regiment Nordwest.
11. 3. Belgian Volunteers fought for Rhodesia.
12. 4. 45 Flemish volunteered for the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.
13. 800 Flemish served in Regiment Westland.
14. 650 Flemish served in Division Germania.
15. French
16. 1. The 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlamange was composed of French Volunteers.
17. 2. The Legion of French Volunteers of the Wehrmacht.
18. 2. The French 2nd Armored Division attached to US Forces and Free French Forces had French Volunteers.
19. Spanish
20. 1. The Blue Division of the Wehrmacht fought on the Axis side in World War II.
21. 2. The 9th Armoured Company of the Free French Forces was composed of Spanish Volunteers.
22. 3. The Blue Legion of the Wehrmacht.
23. 4. Some Spainards served in the Waffen-SS.
24. Rhodesian
25. 1. The Rhodesian Light Infantry accepted foreign Volunteers.
26. Nepalese
27. 1. Gurkhas in the British Army.
28. Indian
29. 1. The Free Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS fought in the Second World War.
30. 2. 2 million Indians of all religions served in the British Commonwealth Armies during World War II.
31. Croatian
32. 1. The Croatian Naval Legion of the Kriegsmarine.
33. 2. The 13th Waffen Mountain Divsion of the SS Handschar.
34. 3. The Croation Air Force Legion of the Luftwaffe.
35. 4. The 369th (Croatian) Reinforced Infantry Regiment of the Heer fought in the Batttle of Stalingrad.
36. Swedish
37. 1. 1 Swede volunteered in the 5th SS Panzer Divsion Wiking to fight against the USSR in World War II.
38. 2. The Swedish Company in the Nordland Division
39. 3. The Swedish Voluntary Air Force of the Winter War.
40. 4. The Swedish Volunteer Corps.
41. 5. The Swedish Volunteer Battalion.
42. Danish
43. 1. Thousands of Danes served with the Allied Forces during World War II.
44. 2. The Danish Brigade in Exile fought alongside the Swedish Army in World War II.
45. 3. 5,000 Danes joined the Free Corps Denmark.
46. 4. The Regiment Danmark was part of the Volunteer Division Nordland.
47. 5. 214 Danes Volunteered in the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking to fight against the USSR.
48. 6. 1,000 Danes served in the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.
49. 260 Danes served in Division Germania.
50. Norwegian
51. 1. The No. 10 Inter (Allied) Commando had Norwegian Volunteers.
52. 2. 294 Norwegians volunteered in the 5th SS Panzer Divsion Wiking to fight against the USSR.
53. 3. The Regiment Norge of the Volunteer Division Nordland.
54. 4. 390 Norwegians served in Division Germania
55. 5. The Norwegian Ski Anti-Tank Battalion on the North Sea Front during World War II.
56. 6. The Norwegian Naval Legion that fought on the Black Sea and in the North Sea Front during World War II.
57. 7. The 99th Norwegian Infantry Battalion that fought on the US side in World War II.
58. 8. Thousands of Norwegians fought on the British Side in World War II.
59. 9. Some Norwegians served in a Norwegian Police Troop Force for Sweden during World War II.
60. 10. The Norwegian Infantry Regiment fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
61. 11. The Norwegian Air Force Infantry Division fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
62. 12. The Norwegian Legion.
63. South Africa
64. 1. The South Africa 3rd Battalion accepted Foreigners.
65. Hungary
66. 1. Some Hungarians volunteered to fight in the Winter War on the Finnish Side.
67. 2. Three Hungarian Divisions fought in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.
68. 3. Hungarians in the Polish Home Army.
69. Dutch
70. 1. The Princess Irene Brigade of the British Army in World War II.
71. 2. The Landstorm Nederland Brigade fought against the USSR and the National Liberation Front in Greece.
72. 3. The Volunteer Legion Netherlands.
73. 3. 630 Dutch Volunteered in the 5th SS Panzer Divsion Wiking to fight against the USSR
74. 1,000 Dutch fought in Regiment Westland.
75. 2,000 Dutch served in the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
76. 360 Dutch served in Division Germania.
77. Estonian
78. 1. The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division Of The SS 1st Estonian.
79. 2. Some Estonians Volunteered for Finland's Forces during World War II.
80. 3. The Estonian Battalion Narwa of the Waffen-SS.
81. 4. Estonians in the US Army during World War II.
82. 5. Estonian Nationals fighting on the British Side in World War II.
83. Ukrainian
84. 1. The Ukrainan Liberation Army in the Heer in World War II.
85. 2. The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division Of The SS 1st Galician.
86. Latvian
87. 1. The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1st Latvian.
88. 2. The 19th Waffen Grenadier Divsion of the SS 2nd Latvian.
89. Finnish
90. 1. The Finnish Battalion of the Waffen-SS
91. Italian
92. 1. Some Italians volunteered for Finland's Forces in the Winter War.
93. 2. The 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1st Italian was made up of Italian Volunteers.
94. 3. Some Italians fought on the Yugoslav Side during World War II.
95. 4. The Co-Belligerent Italian Army fought on the Allied Side during World War II.
96. German
97. 1. The Condor Legion of the Spanish Civil War.
98. 2. Some Germans joined the International Sisu Unit in the Winter War.
99. 3. Germans served in the International Brigades on the Republican Side in the Spanish Civil War.
100. 4. 18,000 Germans served in Division Germania.
101. 5. Hundreds of Germans served in Regiment Westland.
102. 6. Hundreds of Germans served in the Nordland Division.
103. 7. The Thaelmann Battalion in the Spanish Civil War.
104. 8. The German Marine Shock Company fought on the Allied side during World War II.
105. Austrian
106. 1. the Austrian Battalion of the US 10th Mountain Divsion during World War II.
107. Swiss
108. 1. The Swiss Volunteer Battalion of the Nordland Division.
109. 2. 1 Swiss Volunteered in the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.
110. 3. Swiss Volunteers in the Winter War.
111. 4. Swiss Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
112. Polish
113. 1. The Blue Army fought on the French Side in World War I.
114. 2. The Polish Parachute Brigade in the British 1st Airborne Division during World War II.
115. 3. The Polish 1st Armoured Division of the British Army during World War II.
116. 4. The Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade fought on the British Army in World War II.
117. 5. More than 500,000 Poles fought in the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS in World War II.
118. 5. Polish Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.
119. Congolese
120. 1. Congolese Volunteers in the Force Publique of the Belgian Congo.
121. Senegalese
122. 1. Senegalese Volunteers for France in both World Wars.
123. 2. Senegalese Volunteers in the Free Arabian Legion fought against the Allies and Greek and Yugoslav Partisans for Nazi Germany.
124. Israel
125. 2. The Mahal is the program for Non-Israelis to serve in the Israeli Defence Forces.
126. Taiwanese
127. 1. Takasago Volunteers from Taiwan fought for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
128. Yugoslav
129. 1. The 1st Yugoslav Brigade in the Red Army.
130. 2. Yugoslav Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
131. Filipino
132. 1. 5,000 Filipinos fought on the Japanese side during World War II.
133. 2. Philippine Scouts in the US Army.
134. Portugese
135. 1. The Viriatios Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
136. 2. Some Portugese served in the Blue Division on the Axis Side during World War II.
137. Chinese
138. 1. The Chinese People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War.
139. Canadian
140. 1. Several Canadians Volunteered for the British Legion of St. George in World War II.
141. 2. Canadian Volunteers in the Canadian Ski Company during the Winter War.
142. Latvian
143. 1. The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division Of the SS (1st Latvian).
144. 2. The 19th Waffen Grenadier Division Of the SS (2nd Latvian).
145. Iraqi
146. 1. Iraqi Volunteers fighting alongside the British Forces in the Anglo-Iraqi War in 1941.
147. Syrian
148. 2. Syrian Volunteers fought on the British Side in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign during World War II.
149. Jordanian
150. 1. Jordanian Volunteers fought on the British Side in the Middle East during World War II.
151. Palestinian
152. 2. Palestinian Volunteers in the British Forces during World War II.
153. Kenyan
154. 1. Kenyan Volunteers in the King's African Rifles that fought on the British Side in both World Wars.
155. Algerian
156. 1. Algerian Volunteers in the French Armed Forces.
157. Moroccan
158. 2. Moroccan Volunteers in the French Armed Forces.
159. Tunisian
160. 3. Tunisian Volunteers in the French Armed Forces.
161. Malayan
162. 1. Malayan Volunteers in the British Forces during World War II and the Malayan Emergency.
163. Indonesian
164. 1. Indonesian Volunteers in the Dutch Forces during World War II and the Indonesian War Of Independence.
165. 2. The Indonesian Legion in the Waffen-SS.
166. Burmese
167. 1. Burmese Volunteers in the British Forces during World War II.
168. Albanian
169. 1. The 21st Waffen Mountain Divsion of the SS Skanderbeg