During the occupation many former members of the battalion were active in the resistance movement, mostly working with gathering intelligence on German forces in Finnmark.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, which started in 1940, Kristian became involved in resistance work.
For the Norwegian resistance movement in general, the bridge sabotage showed a possible path of action.
Instructors, weapons, and sabotage material were transported to the Norwegian resistance forces.
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As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954).
Knut Haukelid (born May 17, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; died March 8, 1994 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.