Can you imagine serving under a general who until recently was commanding soldiers who wanted to capture or kill you? Would you ever trust that person to be at all concerned for your safety or loyal to the cause at all? Well, thousands and thousands of soldiers have had to put up with that situation. It has worked out for all parties involved in many interesting ways, sometimes in very surprising ones.

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10. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
9. Andrei Vlasov
8. Alaric
7. Ashikaga Takauji
6. Alcibiades
5. Bartolomeo Colleoni
4. Phanes
3. Albrecht Wallenstein
2. Frank Crawford Armstrong
1. Benedict Arnold

Source/Further reading:

http://www.frenchempire.net/biographies/bernadotte/
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrey-Andreyevich-Vlasov
http://www.ancient.eu/Alaric/
https://books.google.com/books?id=6O0bY4MRSpIC&pg=PA94&dq=japanese+general+switched+sides&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW-sjzl7DKAhUKSSYKHdBRAt4Q6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=japanese%20general%20switched%20sides&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=KcUpHDawtCAC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=alcibiades+betrayed&source=bl&ots=qE1sMxvfCS&sig=aPh8x4wHZ3fiGcXQ2Xw1wkklP_M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih9equyrDKAhWDNiYKHYyrB-8Q6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=alcibiades%20betrayed&f=false
http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/bartolomeo-colleonis-art-of-war/
https://books.google.com/books?id=BKQ-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA601&dq=Phanes+523+bc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJk_G2jrLKAhWD4iYKHTdtBdgQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=Phanes%20523%20bc&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=nefRzAEGzgAC&pg=PR19&lpg=PR19&dq=wallenstein+tried+to+join+Sweden&source=bl&ots=lxH-5JMBYM&sig=kqAAjGLk_w2nLm1M6DfDCzyKMxo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj96qKa9rHKAhVU3mMKHQshDsIQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=wallenstein%20tried%20to%20join%20Sweden&f=false
http://emergingcivilwar.com/2013/10/04/fighting-for-both-frank-crawford-armstrong/
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-fights-valiantly-at-valcour-island
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Jean-Baptiste-Jules_Bernadotte%2C_Prince_de_Ponte-Corvo%2C_roi_de_Su%C3%A8de%2C_Mar%C3%A9chal_de_France_%281763-1844%29.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Jean-Baptiste_Jules_Bernadotte.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Vereshagin.Napoleon_near_Borodino.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Battle_of_Leipzig_11.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Il_generale_jean-baptiste-bernadotte.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Andrei_A_Wlassow.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvw9Fyp0d3o
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0301-503%2C_General_Wlassow_mit_Soldaten_der_ROA.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Ludwig_Thiersch_-_Alaric_%C3%A0_Ath%C3%A8nes.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Janez_Vajkard_Valvasor_-_Bitka_med_Teodozijem_in_Evgenijem.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Stilico_diptych.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Alaric_entering_Athens.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Ashikaga_Takauji.JPG
https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/250px-hojo_masako.jpg
https://www.samurai-archives.com/image/takauji.jpg