During the Second World War, the division had been mobilized to 6,361 soldiers and 551 horses.
They fought in Vestland, defending Voss and securing the Bergen railway line.
[1] Having lost Voss soon after, they defended the Sognefjord until May 1940, when General Steffens ordered his troops to disband.
[2] Major General William Steffens had become part of the Norwegian forces in exile before becoming military attaché to the USSR in 1941.
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