A foreign fighter is someone who travels abroad to participate in a
non-international armed conflict or fight for a country of which he or she is not a national.
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French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion (, also known simply as , "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow List of militaries that recruit foreigners, foreign nationals into French service. The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consis ...
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Spanish Foreign Legion
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Portuguese Foreign Legion
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International response to the Spanish Civil War
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International Brigades
The International Brigades () were soldiers recruited and organized by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The International Bri ...
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Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War
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Mahal (Israel)
Mahal, more often spelled Machal (), refers to the group of overseas volunteers who fought alongside Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Some 4,000 volunteers, mostly Jews but also non-Jews, arrived from all over the world. Mahal ...
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Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
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Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces
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Foreign fighters in the Croatian War of Independence
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Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War
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Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq
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Foreign fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian War
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Ukrainian volunteer battalions
Ukrainian volunteer battalions (, more formally , or abbreviated ) were militias and Paramilitary, paramilitary groups mobilized as a response to the perceived state of weakness and unwillingness of the regular Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armed Forc ...
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Controversy surrounding Swedish jihadist foreign fighters
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Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel
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List of foreign volunteers
References
Expatriate military units and formations
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