Despite the increasingly dire military outlook in 1943 and 1944, "Nasjonal Samling's" position at the head of the government, albeit with its ambiguous relationship to the "Reichskommissariat," remained unassailable. Nevertheless, the Germans exerted increasing control over law and order in Norway. Following the deportation of the Jews, Germany deported Norwegian officers and finally attempted to deport students from the University of Oslo. Even Hitler was incensed by the scale of the arrests. Quisling became entangled in a similar debacle in early 1944 when he forced compulsory military service on elements of the "Hirden," causing a number of members to resign to avoid being drafted.