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The British Legions in the South American Wars of Independence during the 19th century. The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS in World War II. 2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar.
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The BFC did not have a "commander" per se as it was the intention of the SS to appoint a British commander when a suitable British officer came forward. However, three German Waffen-SS officers acted as the Verbindungsoffizier ("liaison officer") between the SS-Hauptamt Amtsgruppe D/3, which was responsible for the unit and the British volunteers, and in practice they acted as the unit ...
The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War.Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British African colonies, and also Nationalist Chinese and United States units.
The British Legion (Spanish: Legión británica) or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence.
The British Legion (1860) British contingent of the above; Nauvoo Legion, a significant militia in early Mormon history; List of American Civil War legions, both Confederate and Union; Guelphic Legion, Hanoverian paramilitary unit supporting George V, deposed king of Hanover, from 1866 to 1870; Carabinieri legions, the regional units of the ...
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Other former non-commissioned Chinese members of the regiment following disbandment were enlisted in a special unit of railway police responsible for the security of Imperial Railways of North China stations and other railway facilities. [20] During the First World War, the Chinese Labour Corps was recruited in Weihaiwei for service in France.