 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Norway yakapindirwa neGermanymuna April 1940, vatambi vakawanda vokuNorway vakazvipira kuti varwe muNorway Campaign. Hoff ipapo akaita chiratidzo chake sezvaakadana varwi kuti vaise pasi zvombo zvavo ndokudzokera kunhandare yemitambo. Nokuda kwaikoku akadzingwa neNorwegian Athletics Association. Zvisinei, Germany yakakwanisa kutanga basa muNorway, uye nokukurumidza yakaita chiito chokusimbisa kubata kwayo nzanga yeNorway. Panguva ino Hoff akaonana neReichskommissariat kuti ataure nezvekugadziriswazve kweNazi kwehupenyu hwemitambo muNorway. MunaGunyana 1940 akapiwa chinzvimbo semutevedzeri wemunyori wezvematongerwo enyika muBazi idzva reVashandi neMitambo, raitungamirirwa naAxel Heiberg Stang. Iyewo akabatana neNasjonal Samling panguva iyoyo. 