Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - O tolitere n'ugbo dị na Utskarpen na Rana, wee nweta agụmakwụkwọ ndị agha na Harstad na ụlọ akwụkwọ ọzụzụ ndị isi nke isii nke Norway. Ọ bụ onye isi ndị agha mgbe ndị Germany wakporo Norway na 9 Eprel 1940. E nyere ndị agha ya iwu ka ha lụọ ọgụ mgbe agha Narvik malitere.
Ọ dị mma. Bratland buru ụzọ lụọ agha na Gratangen. N'ọnwa na-eso ya, a kpọgara ya Bodø, bụ ebe e merụrụ ya ahụ n'oge ndị Germany na-awakpo ya. Ọ gbagara England site na Sweden na 1942, ma mesịa nye ya ọrụ na ndị agha Britain, na 4th Battalion nke King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Ọ ga-eje ozi na Normandy, na-agbadata na 13 June 1944. E merụrụ ya ahụ n'agha a lụrụ maka Caen, mana ọ laghachiri n'ọgbọ agha ngwa ngwa. Na 22 Septemba 1944, mgbe ọ na-agafe ọwa mmiri ndị dị na Netherlands, Bratland duziri mwakpo plọg n'akụkụ Asten, nke e nyere ya obe ndị agha. Mgbe ọ na-abịaru Germany nso, ọ bụ onyeisi otu ụlọ ọrụ. Agbanyeghị, ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu na 5 Eprel 1945, wee nọrọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ ruo mgbe agha biri. E nyekwara Bratland onyinye St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch na Defence Medal nakwa British War Medal 1939<unk>1945 na Defence Medal. A họpụtara ya Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur na 1980.