<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akakurira papurazi muUtskarpen muRana, uye akatora dzidzo yake yechiuto muHarstad paNorwegian 6th Division Under-Officers Training School. Akanga ari wechiremba wechiremba apo Norway yakapinda neGermany musi wa 9 April 1940. Boka rake ravarwi rakarayirwa kurwa pakatanga hondo yeNarvik  <response>: . Bratland akatanga kurwa muhondo yeGratangen. Mumwedzi wakatevera akaiswa muBodø, uko akakuvadzwa mukati mokurwiswa nendege kweGermany. Akatizira kuEngland achipfuura neSweden muna 1942, uye akazotumirwa muBritish Army, mu4th Battalion yeKings Shropshire Light Infantry. Aizobatira muNormandy, achidzika musi wa 13 June 1944. Akakuvadzwa muHondo yeCaen, asi nokukurumidza akadzokera kunhandare. Musi wa22 Gunyana 1944, panguva yekuyambuka migero mikuru muNetherlands, Bratland akatungamira kurwisa kweplatoon padyo neAsten, kwaakapihwa Muchinjikwa weMasoja. Paakasvika kuGermany, akatungamirira boka. Zvisinei akakuvadzwa zvakakomba musi wa 5 April 1945, uye akaramba ari muchipatara kusvikira hondo yapera. Bratland akapiwawo St. Olavs Medal With Oak Branch uye Defense Medal pamwe neBritish War Medal 19391945 uye Defense Medal. Akagadzwa kuva Chevalier de la Légion dhonneur muna 1980. 