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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
Just curious- the US had to give permission for hte thousands of Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War? Those that joined with Canada for part of the Korean conflict? (these are the 2 I'm thinking off the top of my head).
Also- does anyone know if those with dual-citizenship need permission from the US to fulfill military requirements of the other nation they have citizenship? (Taiwan, Israel, S. Korea are three that come to mind)
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Joined with Canada in the Korean War? Umm the US and Canada entered that one at the same time - so there really was no reason to cross the border and enlist in the other's army. In fact I can't recall a case off hand - other than 3 or 4 US citizen that had served in the Canadian Army during WWII that re-enlisted to serve with there buddies going to Korea.
The two major conflicts that saw US citizens heading north to enlist where the two World Wars - wars in this case that Canada entered but the US chose remain out of for political reasons; until circumstances had changed. Once the US entered either of the two World Wars the flow ceased for obvious reasons.
The Spanish Civil War more likely than not saw the official prohibition of US citizens signing on - again for political reasons, since the vast majority of the volunteers were enlisting in "communist" brigades - something that both US and Canadian governments took a very dim view of...