Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya girma a wata gona a Utskarpen a Rana, kuma ya dauki karatunsa na soja a Harstad a Makarantar Horar da Jami'ai na 6 na Norwegian. Yana da mukamin sa'a lokacin da Jamus ta mamaye Norway a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1940. An umarci garkuwarsa da ya yi yaƙi da barkewar yakin Narvik
Ka yi haƙuri. Bratland ya fara yaƙi a Yaƙin Gratangen. A cikin watan da ya biyo baya an sanya shi a Bodø, inda aka ji masa rauni a lokacin harin jirgin saman Jamus. Ya gudu zuwa Ingila ta hanyar Sweden a 1942, kuma daga baya aka ba shi izini a cikin Sojojin Burtaniya, a cikin Battalion na 4 na Sarki Shropshire Light Infantry. Zai yi aiki a Normandy, ya sauka a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1944. Ya ji rauni a yakin Caen, amma da sauri ya koma filin. A ranar 22 ga Satumba, 1944, yayin tsallaka manyan hanyoyin ruwa a cikin Netherlands, Bratland ya jagoranci hari a kusa da Asten, wanda aka ba shi Gicciye na Soja. Lokacin da ya kusanci Jamus, ya jagoranci kamfani. Koyaya ya ji rauni sosai a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 1945, kuma ya kasance a asibiti har zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin. An kuma ba Bratland lambar yabo ta St. Olav tare da Oak Branch da Medal na Tsaro da kuma lambar yabo ta yaƙin Burtaniya 1939<unk>1945 da kuma lambar yabo ta Tsaro. An nada shi Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur a shekarar 1980.