The day after the invasion of Norway he used the radio to broadcast himself as the prime minister and ordered all resistance to stop. He was then looked upon as a traitor by the norwegian people. He remained a puppet for the rest of the war and was executed by firing squad after the war had ended
His name, Quisling, is sometimes used as a general name for 'traitor'.
Vidkun Quisling was the Nazi Gauleiter in Norway in WW2; Quisling is the name of a Traitor, someone who supports a foreign power against his own country: A Traitor.
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. He was a friend of the Nazis and was Prime Minister of the Nazi puppet government after the Germans invaded Norway. After the war, he was shot by a firing squad as a traitor. "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" ever since.
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. He was a friend of the Nazis and was Prime Minister of the Nazi puppet government after the Germans invaded Norway. After the war, he was shot by a firing squad as a traitor. "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" ever since.
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Vidkun Quisling
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His name was "Vidkun Quisling", and he was the leader of a party called "Nasjonal Samling" (National gatherness). He sympathized with the nazi-regime and was Hitler's Norwegian leader.He was shot after the war, and the name Quisling was forbidden in Norway, and today means traitor in the dictionary.
Vidkun Quisling was a politician from Norway who betrayed his country by collaborating with the Nazi's during the World War II.
Quisling refers to a traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, especially during wartime. It originates from the name of Vidkun Quisling, who headed a puppet government in Norway during World War II while the country was occupied by Nazi Germany.
Vidkun Quisling was the Norwegian pro Nazi... his name became a by word for traitor. i don't think the Germans had or needed help to over run Norway.
Vidkun Quisling .