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Military units and formations disestablished in 1939

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thumb|Two soldiers of an Habsburg monarchy|Austrian Freikorps ([[David Morier, 1748)]] '''' (, "Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European paramilitary volunteer units that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. They effectively served as mercenaries or private military companies, regardless of their own nationality. In German-speaking countries, the first so-called ("free regiments", Freie Regimenter) were formed in the 18th century from native volunteers, enemy renegades, and deserters. These sometimes exotically equipped units served as infantry a

field army of the German Army during World War II

German field army that fought during World War II

German field army during World War II

German field army during World War II

field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II

Spanish Republican Army

army of the Second Spanish Republic

Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Italian expeditionary force, Army Corps of the side that rebelled during the Spanish Civil War

Panzer Division Kempf

Wehrmacht unit during World War II

Legionary Air Force

1936-1939 air warfare branch of the Italian expeditionary forces in the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Republican Air Force

Viriatos, named after the Lusitanian leader Viriathus, was the generic name given to Portuguese volunteers who fought with the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. In the first weeks of the war, the Portuguese Army tried to form a Viriatos Legion to aid the Nationalist insurgents in Spain. The Legion was disbanded before any recruitment drive could take place after pro-Republican incidents in Portugal had convinced the government that direct intervention on the side of the Nationalists could cause further unrest.

6th U-boat Flotilla

Special Night Squads

counter-insurgency unit in the British Mandate of Palestine

Sudetendeutsches Freikorps

former Jewish strike force

XIII International Brigade

XI International Brigade

military unit of Second Spanish Republic

301st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Albanian Royal Army

uniformed military forces of the Kingdom of Albania 1928-1939

Field Army Bernolák

infantry unit during World War II in Jozef Tiso's Axis World War II Slovaka

Central China Expeditionary Army

Jagdgeschwader 132

1939 Polish Army formation

3rd Light Division

1939 Polish Army formation

XII International Brigade

military unit of Second Spanish Republic

10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade

XV International Brigade

Polish army during the Polish Defensive War of 1939

Dabrowski Battalion

Aviación Nacional

air force of the Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

1st Mixed Brigade

No. 4 Squadron RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force squadron

XIV International Brigade

2nd Light Division

Independent Operational Group Narew

Polish Army formation in 1939

Group of Central Region Armies

division of the Spanish Republican Army

Jagdgeschwader 131

3rd Legions Infantry Division

unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars

26th Infantry Division

combat formation of the Polish Army

Cape of Good Hope Station

former British Royal Navy Station

Polish 9th Infantry Division

historic division of the Polish Army

Friends of Durruti Group

Spanish radical anarchist group (1937–1939)

7th Infantry Division

combat formation of the British Army

2nd Legions Infantry Division

Kampfgeschwader 25

German bomber wing of World War II

State Defense Guard

armed troops of Czechoslovakia border in 1918–1936

Jagdgeschwader 130

1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division