Austrian refugees also participated in the resistance against the NS-regime: as members of resistance groups in territories occupied by Hitler-Germany as well as part of the Allied Armies. The proportion of Jewish resistance fighters in exile was relatively high. For instance, following Germany’s occupation of France and Belgium, numerous Austrian refugees joined the local resistance. Thousands of Austrians fought in the armies of Great Britain, France, USA, the Soviet Union, and the Foreign Legion. More than 3500 Austrians volunteered for British army service alone, of whom over 80% were of Jewish origin.