Beyond the Czechoslovak Legion, there aren't many formed units that come to mind. Lots of exiles, though.
Probably too long ago, but there's a tribe or ethnic group in the far west of China that claim to be descendants of Roman legionaries, possibly prisoners of war to the Parthians.
Then there's the 2 Koreans who were drafted by the Soviets, captured by the Germans and drafted again, and captured by the British (or Canadians) in Normandy, 1944.
Lots of exile forces from Central Europe settled in the West after the Soviets took over their countries at the end of WW2. Some of those guys, or their kids, became mercenaries in Africa or became American soldiers. Ex-Eastern Europeans were a staple of the early Special Forces.
Oh, and the White Russian community that coalesced around Shanghai after the Russian Civil War. Many couldn't get legal passports, so they couldn't emigrate to other countries. Some became mercenaries for the warlords in that era, some tried to marry their daughters to Western naval officers in the area (probably more fictional than real, but it happened to future US Admiral Zumwalt, IIRC).
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