History GondorCallsForAid / RealLIfe

** [[FridgeLogic The only element of Nazi Germany's armed forces that recruited non-Germans]] [[FridgeHorror was the Waffen-SS.]]
*** Actually incorrect, while the Waffen-SS did turn into Nazi Germany's Foreign Legion with time, both the Indian Legion (recruited 1941 by the Wehrmacht, transferred to the Waffen-SS in 1944) and the Ostlegionen or Osttruppen were also Wehrmacht.

-->"[[RedAlert All available boats]], this is the United States Coast Guard aboard the Pilot Boat New York. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governor's Island."

--> [[RedAlert All available boats]], this is the United States Coast Guard aboard the Pilot Boat New York. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governor's Island.

** All manner of ferries and other boats were also called to help speed along the evacuation of Lower Manhattan via across New York Harbor to New Jersey in the hours after the towers' collapse.

* Before [[Literature/TheHistories the Battle of Marathon]], Athens asked Sparta, then the unquestioned military leader of the Hellenic world, for reinforcements against an invasion force from the Persian empire. In a DoubleSubversion, the Spartans were busy with a religious festival and [=RSVPed=] they'd be fashionably late, and the ally that actually showed up was Athens's much nearer and smaller neighbour Plataia – all 1000 of them. The Spartans subsequently turned up in time to tour the battlefield and acknowledge the decisive defeat (Persians: 103, Greeks: 6,400) Athens and Plataia had handed to the [[DavidVersusGoliath heretofore overwhelming Persian military]].

* The Battle of Chalons in 451 AD. It's considered one of the first battles fought, not between two or three entities, but rather two coalitions. The Romans had the Visigoths, Franks, Armoricans, Saxons, Alani, Burgundians, and Sarmatians. The Huns had the Ostrogoths, Gepids, Rugians, Scirii, Thuringians, Scythians, Bastarnae, Taifals, Alamanni, and Gepids. Both armies were of roughly equal size. The Roman coalition was led by Flavius Aetius, possibly the last great Western Roman general, and the Huns were led by Attila. Most historians, since the time of Gibbon, consider the battle to be epochal, with Western civilization at stake.

** Also in WorldWar2, albeit on a much smaller scale, the pilots from neutral (e.g. USA, Ireland) and occupied (e.g. Poland) countries who [[EagleSquadron travelled to Britain to fight for the RAF.]]

** Similarly thousands of people from all over Europe went to Greece to join up with the Greek bid for independence from the Ottoman Empire, including famed crazy Creator/LordByron.

** Similarly during the Winter War thousands of Danes, Swedes and Estonians came to Finland's aid, along with other volunteers, most notable are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Volunteers_in_the_Winter_War Hungarians, who had to skirt around WW2 to get to Finland.]]

* The [[TheLordOfTheRings Trope Namer]] was partially inspired by Poland riding to the aide of Austria during the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683. King Jan Sobieski of Poland is considered to have stopped the Ottoman expansion into Europe. It has the classic elements of calling an entire army (and king) against a sieging army and succeeding.

* In 2012, WABC-TV in New York City wss overwhelmed by simultaneously having to cover a presidential election and Hurricane Sandy. They put out a call for help. Because their colleagues all along the eastern seaboard had the same problem, the ABC station in Dallas sent a reporter to New York.

* The Korean War, when the South was at the brink of being occupied, dozens of nations of the U.N. raced to South Korea's aid, and when tables turn for North Korea China, and the USSR come in to aid it.

** Also in WorldWar2, albeit on a much smaller scale, the pilots from neutral (e.g. USA, Ireland) and occupied (e.g. Poland) countries who travelled to Britain to fight for the RAF.

* Israel does this a lot. Originally, Balfour only promised Palestine to the Jews because he thought he could use the legendary Jewish money against the Kaiser. Then South Africa went from being Nazi sympathizers to being ardent Zionists after WorldWarII. More recently, premillennial dispensationalists, people who believe that [[ApocalypseMaiden when all the Jews]] ''[[FinalSolution and only the Jews]]'' [[ApocalypseMaiden are in Israel, Jesus will come back]].

** The same thing happened again during the US-Iraq War. However that happened after the invasion.

** In addition, firefighters and other rescue and relief personnel travelled from across the nation to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts in New York City. This included personnel from Oklahoma City who the NYFD had previously helped after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing of 1994.

*** Actually incorrect, while the Waffen-SS did turn into Nazi Germany's Foreign Legion with time, both the Indian Legion (recruited 1941 bei the Wehrmacht, transfered to the Waffen-SS in 1944) and the Ostlegionen or Osttruppen were also Wehrmacht.

* {{NATO}} and the WarsawPact were both alliances created to prevent WorldWarIII by ensuring that all members would automatically come to the aid of any single member that was attacked.