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Having fought in the 950th Anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Hastings in 2016, portraying a Saxon Huscarl, I can say I greatly enjoyed this video. Well done all at K&G!
Harold: Wins Stamford Bridge because enemy leaves defensive ground to pursue fleeing troops Also Harold: Loses Hastings because his men leave their defensive position to pursue fleeting troops
In the book 1066: The Year of Conquest by author David Armine Howarth it is claimed that Harold's brother Gyrth had offered to lead the army against William, pointing out that Harold as king should not risk being killed. Advisers suggested that while Gyrth did battle with William "Harold should empty the countryside behind him, block the roads, burn the villages and desttoy the food. So even if Gyrth was beaten Williams army would starve in the wasted country side as winter closed in and would be forced either to move upon London, where the rest of English forces would be waiting, or return to their ships." Harold rejected this advice.
A King struggling to hold onto the crown in the face of accusations of fratricide and cruelty, would not do well to be seen torching his own countryside. He was smart not to take the advice.
@@TheHalcyonTwilight At about 4 minutes into the video William is burning down the estates of Harold's vassals in Sussex. At a few seconds after 19 minutes into the video, after William has won the battle and no delegation has come to surrender London, it is William who is burning the countryside. Also, the main reason he rejected his advisors plan was he felt he could not send someone else to do his fighting for him. If you are another lord why would you go fight and risk your own life when Harold is not going. He was worried about how it would look to the nobles if he did not fight.
@@fightsports66 I know that William pillaged the countryside: that's pretty standard practice for an invading army. I don't really see how that works in reply to my point that Harold, being the defender, wouldn't want to sour relations with his vassals by burning their estates himself. The vassals turned when it was obvious that William had shattered Harold's forces and killed him, yes. However, he would risk vassals siding with the invaders if he were seen to be inflicting as much damage upon his own lands as the invaders were. He'd have been deposed as a tyrant king, if not at least having to fight with a disunited country.
@@TheHalcyonTwilight The vassals would have known why he was burning the countryside, as they were with him after Stamford Bridge. Many of them would have been the ones asked to take some of their troops and perform the act. Burning a lords estate and burning the countryside are two different things. The country side are the forests where soldiers could go foraging and hunt for food.
I never knew the battle of Hastings was such a close run thing. This brought home to me (I mean, I already knew it, but this threw it in my face, as it were) just how much _winning_ is everything. It doesn't matter that the Normans almost lost the battle at least twice. Only that they won in the end. And thus it was a Norman, Francophone aristocracy that would dominate England for the next few centuries. There is a reason why English today is the most romance-diluted of the Germanic tongues... it's because of the Norman rule, when Normans wrote the laws and the books for everyone else. And on this narrowly-won battle, such a legacy turned.
@@edwin11373 "the Romance language derive from Latin was way more sophisticated than the "barbaric" germanic tongues." This is nonsense. There is no such thing as a more sophisticated or less sophisticated language. They are a series of sounds that describe things. They are all on the level. Any claim to the contrary is just some sort of mindless linguistic jingoism. "Mine's better than yours... because, because.... well, _just because!"_ Irrational biases are a helluva drug.
@@zachbear98765 Notice how Anglo saxons made the same mistake like the vikings at the battle of stamford bridge, though they really over did it as you put it lol battlefields aren’t a place for the emotional
Easily so because routs were a great way of ending battles there and then and everyone was eager to rout the another and claim glory of battle, after every success they grew confident and then got crushed before they knew it.
Fun Fact: After the battle, many Anglo-Saxon veterans joined the Varangian Guard in the Roman Empire. They repeated the same mistake of falling for feint retreats against the Norman invasion at the battle of Dyrrhachium in 1081. When they realized what happened they took refuge in the church of St. Michael, the patreon Saint of the Normans. Ironically, the Normans set the church on fire and wiped them all out.
Not surprised considering Normans once fought a battle against the pope and his army and even kept the Pope captive for months after winning the battle. I mean they treated him good but still😂that Norse DNA is hard to wipe out I guess
Bretons dispute that patronage! Moreover, the Hautevilles descended from a Breton woman named Muriel. Thirdly, the feint at Dyrrhachium was conducted by Brian of Brittany, the same guy whose cavalry wiped out Earl Leofwine's men at Hastings by - wait for it - charging their solid shield wall. (Don't try this at home!)
@@wanderinghobo4917 Rollo never plundered Paris and invaded France (which did not exist at that time), the vikings lost all their pitched battles against the franks
@@rainieriergrimaldi563 Harold too should have never lost this battle. He should have waited a bit longer, gathered larger numbers and then probably William would have vacated the shores without a fight.
@@rainieriergrimaldi563 what? Invasion has nothing to do with pitched battles, invasion simply requires a breach of sovereign territory, and the reason that the Normans were allowed to settle in france was as a buffer from further viking invasions.
@@wanderinghobo4917 There was no invasion... The Vikings were authorized to settle in present-day Normandy after their defeat at Chartres and as you have specified to protect the Seine estuary and to spare cities like Rouen and Paris from viking raids. Charles the Bald was more concerned with what was happening in Lotharingia and than with simple scandinavians looters. And for information, the normans considered themselves to be franks, see the Bayeux Tapestry or the "laws of William the Conqueror". Irony...
Crossbowmen: The slope is too steep, we are ineffective! Infantry: The slope is too steep, we are ineffective! [William... mulling over options] Send the Cavalry uphill too!!!
It baffles me how i'm so obsessed with British, Roman and Greek histories yet I'm not even a citizen of either. I barely know any history about my own country because, well, there's barely any history to speak of other than perhaps the slave trade and independence. Who knew history could be so damn sweet. I especially love the Tudor era of Britain, Trajan and Caesar's era in ancient Rome and the era of Alexander the great and his mindblowing conquests. Keep up the good work K&G!
@@herbthompson8937 way to drink the look aid on Cold War propaganda. Socialism has a rich history in the States, and have been pushing for anarchism (libertarianism) since the 19th century. Josiah Warren is considered the first American anarchist and his work produced American free market anarchism, a subset of libertarian socialism. Maybe pick up an actual history book instead of regurgitating mainstream academia and propaganda. You speak of indoctrination in schools for socialism/communism.... yet I have yet to see a single school actually promote the replacement of wage labor with labor associations and industrial democracy, which is the core of socialism. The greatness of our country is in spite of itself and it’s ruling class. There has always been Americans that had to drag along the rest of us towards the right side of history. Like all other countries we are one among many with similar problems. Our struggle has always been to live up to our own ideal liberal society and republic in spite of the ruling interests and social tyrants it benefits. I have no problem if people think their nation is the greatest, the US certainly has done great things. But for black Americans it’s a different experience in their struggle for civil rights to be recognized. A little perspective man. Keep it patriotic, cause nationalism is anti-American. We’re a union of States, a Republic, not some collective based in an identity.
you American? There is more history there than you think, look into the ancient history on North America- that might not be Caucasian invaders from Europe but there's some seriously interesting history in N.America
USA might be pretty boring, but a lot of the first nations/natives have really interesting histories, like the Iroquois and Lenape. Make sure you stop reading in 1491
tbh, he should check if his units have guard mode turned on or not.. seriously though, lack of discipline is the hallmark of militia.. generally it means early rout, but it could also mean looting the enemy camp before the fighting end or breaking rank like this..
That's a myth: Harold had ordered his lieutenants (and brothers) Earls Leofwine and Gyrth to envelop Duke William when William's horse was felled and the Normans withdrew thinking he'd died. Harold didn't anticipate the sudden occurrence of the ferocious Breton counter-attack.
Fun fact: before this battle William was called the bastard and after - the conqueror. So if some bully calls you bastard you just need to conquer England.
Finally, the culmination of one of the greatest series of events in English history. The most famous and influential battle in English history. The battle that made me fall in love with all history. And now I get to fall in love with it, all over again.
Those jarls, cutting the best heavy Calvary in Europe with a two handed axe....like a hot knife through butter.... I just imagined the whole dramatic scene in my head... it was awesome... Thanks again Kings and Generals for these details. :)
History is filled with legacies, may their souls Rest In Peace, I think it’s fascinating that these were actual moments in our human history, what a crazy fact that is.
It's just sheer pleasure when a notification from your channel drops.... Nothing different, as usual, great content and clear explanation of what happened and even in controversial cases, you manage to give attention to details... Bravo!! 👍🏾
It was said that when William as he was invading England trip and fell as he was getting out of the boat. His vassals around him thought it was a bad sign. But someone among the retinue was able to put a positive spin on it by saying "This is the Duke and he has England in his hands" or something to that effect. Which helped to calm their fears. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality. Still waiting for your next video on the Imjin War.
Harold Godwinson was a good commander and a great leader. Shame he lost because of the same fate of most competent leaders, insubordination and waywardness of subordinates.
@@giuliomagnanensi3469 didnt really have much choice. It was either the fuckwits he calls brothers or two dubiously loyal northern earls who have claims on your throne.
Imagine seeing your comrades get slaughtered because of chaseing the enemy into a trap over and over again and still thinking ”hmm maybe it’ll work this time”
@@أحمدالعراقي-ل8م3ح I would add, a greater variety of troops (heavy infantry, archers, knights) whereas English only had the same type of troops (heavy/medium infantry), only differing in overall quality and training (fyrd vs. Housecarls).
@@keighlancoe5933 maybe not within the same battle. But many veteran english joined the elite varagian guard in constantinople and they fell for a feigned retreat quite a few times against.. Normans.
The life of Harold Godwinson Is proof of the adage that “count no man lucky until he’s dead.” He was the greatest soldier of his age and with a little bit of luck and patience he would’ve won Hastings.
E.A. Freeman was a great admirer of the Anglo-Saxons, but he visualised Harold being supremely confident until he saw the Bretons raise their standard: he had fought among them in three battles in 1064.
Tragic story this of a king whose short dominion oversaw a great victory against a dreaded long time enemy, and total defeat at the hands of a new one, ending two centuries age eras, and giving birth to a new one. Stuff of legend.
I mean, they were both opportunistic usurpers, and a certain Canute had already weakened the native Wessex monarchy to the point the "normal" method of royal succession (the Witenagemot) was only rarely invoked. By this point England was the prize of the North Sea, and the fact that two challengers vied with Harold within months of his assumption of the throne tells you /somebody/ was going to take that damn island. Of course, Canute, Harald Hardrada, and William only wanted England b/c it had an advanced bureaucratic administration. Of all the realms in Latin Christendom come 1066, England was the easiest to collect taxes from, so these foreign kings wanted it as a bank account to fund their other endeavors. Consequently, I'm always skeptical of ppl. trying to rehabilitate King John or Richard III on the basis they enacted administrative reform. Please! Administrative reform in England circa the High Middle Ages is easy!
@Fantassin de Guillaume I would rather call the guy ambitious as when harold was a noble(and a powerful one) he never plotted to take power from his rightful liege or disobeyed him (possibly one of the actions that paved the way for kingship to him) unlike more or less half of his country when he was king(these 2 northumbrian earls held huge lands and very experienced troops even after the war and they would tip the scales for harolds behalf. If thats not enough his other lords/earls didnt wanted the give him troops just after one war(even though it was defensive too) so as you can see in the video nearly all of his troops were footmen/militas. Then these earls got angry when their lands were disturbited to williams norman friends serves the backstabbers right imo but I am really sad for my man harold he was an logistics genius
@Fantassin de Guillaume edwards promise to william is nothing more than a simple propaganda tool against harold as there wasnt any communication or prepartion for williams succesion during the reign of edward. Even williams sources say he chose harold as his succesor in his deathbed also as house of wessex was already exiled at this period and as edward gained kingdom of england with election of witanegomont(or whatever its hard to write it) and not by sword I think we can agree he was accepted as rightful king back then. Harold didnt supported his brother and stayed loyal to his liege until his death his gains of land was either inheritance or appointment by the king (except for one time his brother was exiled and his realm was divided because he abducted an abbess fun story) and this appoitments was simply repaying favor to him as he was the main reason edward was on the throne
Well they were mainly made from the “fyrd” who were less equipped, had little to no armour and were not highly disciplined as soldiers. If Harold had a better equipped army with archers and cavalry as well he would have won easily but unfortunately all of his army was just infantry.
@@mijanhoque1740 Yeah, K&G even pointed it out that if Harold had just waited a while longer he could've had a way better army to assemble. Tbh, Harold Godwinson really had a great chance to become King of the English, sad to see he had to die that way, but hey i wouldn't be speaking English if it wasn't for William, and I'm from the Philippines.
Honestly, Hastings was one of those rare battles that was so close, it came down to which king was killed first. Could’ve just as easily been William felled by a stray arrow. And if so, his army would’ve melted away just as the anglo saxons did. Also, to me, Hastings wasn’t William’s greatest feat. It was maintaining control of both his kingdom and his duchy in the aftermath that’s far more impressive.
Big poker blow, William the Conqueror did not only play the english throne in this battle but also his duchy, the counts of Anjou, Brittany and the king of the Franks were on the lookout for a possible debacle in England of the norman duke.
Props to the K&G team again for another cool production, but also mad respect to the people who have woven the "Bayeux Tapestry" so that we also have images going along with this famous battle 👍😎
This was in my opinion the medieval version of the EU taking over England, since the nobles that William gathered with him came from all parts of Christendom, in fact, the creme de la creme of it.
I think it would have been better for both France and England, they wouldn’t have necessarily become ennemies, also France would be more united. Maybe we would even see a french and amd english friendship
i live in jersey... queen elizabeth, and now the new king charles, are traditionally referred to as notre duc, 'our duke', as a nod to our norman heritage and the duke of normandy.
Dont forget that even if he won that one he would have to do it with minimal losses because everyone around would smell the blood after so many battles to oust him from throne of England.
Harold: It's over William, I have the high ground! William: You underestimate my power! Harold: Don't try it! William proceeds to try it, but actually wins!!! All of England: Well s***!
The house of Godwin was considered to be the strongest family in the British isles as through marriages and pacts they were lords and counts of several important locations in England
The Netherlands looked quite different in 1066, the entire province of Flevoland didn't exist back then and the province of Zeeland looked different as well.
@Gladius Pax exactly... the fact that your government does not tell you how much they are in debt says it all, looking at your name and pf i assum your either italian or greek
@@Zakalwe-01 That’s not what I meant. If Britain had remained a backwater and unimportant nation then I doubt anyone would care all that much about William the conqueror, but the fact that Britain did become a great nation helped to make William the conqueror even more immortal and important historical figure.
Usually, I heart your comments, but not this one. Mostly because we are currently researching this very topic and I don't want to pass judgement before I read everything I should :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Entirely fair and no hard feelings :) I am very much looking forward to future videos on this topic! I am excited to learn your perspective and opinion :)
@@Lord_Lambert I think the mistake we make is assuming Harold Godwinson's troubles would have been over had he only beaten William. The fact that two pretenders popped up within months of his ascension tells me /someone/ was going to take over that bloody island. England was by this period the jewel of the North Sea. Not for any natural resources, but b/c it had an advanced bureaucratic administration. Of all the realms in Latin Christendom come the 11th Century, England was the easiest to collect taxes from. Foreign rulers had been eyeing it as a bank account to fund future conquests. 50 years prior Canute the Great had already undermined the native Wessex monarchy, and the Witenagemot (the "normal" method of royal succession) was invoked only occasionally. England was going to be taken over by somebody, be it Denmark, Norway, Normandy, or some other opportunistic power.
@@jeandehuit5385 Perhaps. But I have yet to see any potential pretender that was worse for England than William the Bastard was. His "sundering of the North" was an absolute crime, and a genocide of the Anglo Saxon population.
@@Lord_Lambert You're not going to hear me defend the Harrying of the North; all the evidence then and now points to a widespread destruction of lives & livelihoods in the north of England. You are right that had William not been there, it probably would not have happened. That said, William probably didn't act alone. In order to inflict the damage he did, he needed 'help' from the Scots under Malcolm III and the Danes under Sweyn Estridssen. Unfortunately, William was not the only bad-faith actor in the north.
Historians everywhere agree that this was exactly how the Battle of Hastings was fought had the protagonists been composed of murderous glass rectangles.
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Please do one on the sikh empire
Genpei war next
Genpei war next
This is Aegon's Conquest but without the dragons.
Please make video on Charles XII of Sweden
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Well at least it's a tennis game that involves gems and gold.
@@johnwilkesbooth2995 me too
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"It's over Harold, I have the low ground!" - William the Conqueror, 1066, at the Battle of Hastings..
hole up, something doesn't add up here...
"Don't try it"
*visible confusion*
Harold:You overestimate my power!
He's got the cav that's for sure!
Having fought in the 950th Anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Hastings in 2016, portraying a Saxon Huscarl, I can say I greatly enjoyed this video. Well done all at K&G!
Badass.
@@أحمدالعراقي-ل8م3ح They Also Fought Each Other In The End At The War of The Roses
Harold: Wins Stamford Bridge because enemy leaves defensive ground to pursue fleeing troops
Also Harold: Loses Hastings because his men leave their defensive position to pursue fleeting troops
Ironic.
If only Harold had archers and cavalry on his army then things may have turned out differently
You're not gonna give William any credit for winning?
He gave up the high ground, he chose...poorly!!!
@@mijanhoque1740 Yeah Harold was terribly confident considering his terrible army composition!
In the book 1066: The Year of Conquest by author David Armine Howarth it is claimed that Harold's brother Gyrth had offered to lead the army against William, pointing out that Harold as king should not risk being killed. Advisers suggested that while Gyrth did battle with William "Harold should empty the countryside behind him, block the roads, burn the villages and desttoy the food. So even if Gyrth was beaten Williams army would starve in the wasted country side as winter closed in and would be forced either to move upon London, where the rest of English forces would be waiting, or return to their ships." Harold rejected this advice.
Pride comes before the fall.
A King struggling to hold onto the crown in the face of accusations of fratricide and cruelty, would not do well to be seen torching his own countryside. He was smart not to take the advice.
@@TheHalcyonTwilight At about 4 minutes into the video William is burning down the estates of Harold's vassals in Sussex. At a few seconds after 19 minutes into the video, after William has won the battle and no delegation has come to surrender London, it is William who is burning the countryside. Also, the main reason he rejected his advisors plan was he felt he could not send someone else to do his fighting for him. If you are another lord why would you go fight and risk your own life when Harold is not going. He was worried about how it would look to the nobles if he did not fight.
@@fightsports66 I know that William pillaged the countryside: that's pretty standard practice for an invading army. I don't really see how that works in reply to my point that Harold, being the defender, wouldn't want to sour relations with his vassals by burning their estates himself.
The vassals turned when it was obvious that William had shattered Harold's forces and killed him, yes. However, he would risk vassals siding with the invaders if he were seen to be inflicting as much damage upon his own lands as the invaders were. He'd have been deposed as a tyrant king, if not at least having to fight with a disunited country.
@@TheHalcyonTwilight The vassals would have known why he was burning the countryside, as they were with him after Stamford Bridge. Many of them would have been the ones asked to take some of their troops and perform the act. Burning a lords estate and burning the countryside are two different things. The country side are the forests where soldiers could go foraging and hunt for food.
The golden rule of strategy: if you only have infantry, stay on the hill.
Stay on the fuckin' hilll innit boy?
especially if the enemy have cavalry
Said every Total War generals ever
Never give up the high ground!!!
@@haraldsigurdsson1232 It was more than likely the fresh fyrdmen from the southern counties falling for the retreat
I never knew the battle of Hastings was such a close run thing. This brought home to me (I mean, I already knew it, but this threw it in my face, as it were) just how much _winning_ is everything. It doesn't matter that the Normans almost lost the battle at least twice. Only that they won in the end. And thus it was a Norman, Francophone aristocracy that would dominate England for the next few centuries. There is a reason why English today is the most romance-diluted of the Germanic tongues... it's because of the Norman rule, when Normans wrote the laws and the books for everyone else. And on this narrowly-won battle, such a legacy turned.
Solidifies the idea that fortune favors the bold. Makes me reflect and wonder how much shit I can really get away with, haha.
No More Brother Wars
@Just Getting By Well said.
@@edwin11373 "the Romance language derive from Latin was way more sophisticated than the "barbaric" germanic tongues." This is nonsense. There is no such thing as a more sophisticated or less sophisticated language. They are a series of sounds that describe things. They are all on the level. Any claim to the contrary is just some sort of mindless linguistic jingoism. "Mine's better than yours... because, because.... well, _just because!"_ Irrational biases are a helluva drug.
And French is the most germanized of all the Romance languages
Imagine falling for a feint retreat numerous times in the same afternoon
Thought the same lol
@@sayed986 I gotta assume it was like over zelous barons but idk lmao
@@zachbear98765 Notice how Anglo saxons made the same mistake like the vikings at the battle of stamford bridge, though they really over did it as you put it lol battlefields aren’t a place for the emotional
Easily so because routs were a great way of ending battles there and then and everyone was eager to rout the another and claim glory of battle, after every success they grew confident and then got crushed before they knew it.
@@plazmica0323 “They were kidding earlier but this time, this time we definitely got ‘em”
Fun Fact: After the battle, many Anglo-Saxon veterans joined the Varangian Guard in the Roman Empire. They repeated the same mistake of falling for feint retreats against the Norman invasion at the battle of Dyrrhachium in 1081. When they realized what happened they took refuge in the church of St. Michael, the patreon Saint of the Normans. Ironically, the Normans set the church on fire and wiped them all out.
this made me LoL xD
Roman Empire? Wasnt the empire long gone by the by 1066?
@Armando Molina I knew "Byzantine" sounded familiar. Thanks for correcting me.
Not surprised considering Normans once fought a battle against the pope and his army and even kept the Pope captive for months after winning the battle. I mean they treated him good but still😂that Norse DNA is hard to wipe out I guess
Bretons dispute that patronage! Moreover, the Hautevilles descended from a Breton woman named Muriel. Thirdly, the feint at Dyrrhachium was conducted by Brian of Brittany, the same guy whose cavalry wiped out Earl Leofwine's men at Hastings by - wait for it - charging their solid shield wall. (Don't try this at home!)
This channel is literally the best
EpicHistoryTV is on a different level
@@woketoad2426 What is that
We have been waiting for Gazi Osman Pasha's video for 3 years
I think so to.
@@gotbellers Another histroy channel, it's amazing.
Defeats army of Norseman.
Gets defeated by army of Norman.
Yeah, William and Harald were actually related. The Normans were descended from the Vikings who invaded France and pillaged Paris.
@@wanderinghobo4917 Rollo never plundered Paris and invaded France (which did not exist at that time), the vikings lost all their pitched battles against the franks
@@rainieriergrimaldi563 Harold too should have never lost this battle. He should have waited a bit longer, gathered larger numbers and then probably William would have vacated the shores without a fight.
@@rainieriergrimaldi563 what? Invasion has nothing to do with pitched battles, invasion simply requires a breach of sovereign territory, and the reason that the Normans were allowed to settle in france was as a buffer from further viking invasions.
@@wanderinghobo4917 There was no invasion... The Vikings were authorized to settle in present-day Normandy after their defeat at Chartres and as you have specified to protect the Seine estuary and to spare cities like Rouen and Paris from viking raids. Charles the Bald was more concerned with what was happening in Lotharingia and than with simple scandinavians looters.
And for information, the normans considered themselves to be franks, see the Bayeux Tapestry or the "laws of William the Conqueror". Irony...
Crossbowmen: The slope is too steep, we are ineffective!
Infantry: The slope is too steep, we are ineffective!
[William... mulling over options]
Send the Cavalry uphill too!!!
It baffles me how i'm so obsessed with British, Roman and Greek histories yet I'm not even a citizen of either. I barely know any history about my own country because, well, there's barely any history to speak of other than perhaps the slave trade and independence. Who knew history could be so damn sweet. I especially love the Tudor era of Britain, Trajan and Caesar's era in ancient Rome and the era of Alexander the great and his mindblowing conquests. Keep up the good work K&G!
@@herbthompson8937 oh, jeez, get over yourself, murican! OP is clearly African, not a citizen of THE GREATEST COUNTRY THERE EVER WAS.
A great country doesn't need a history
My country has 7000 years of history yet we are worst country to live in
@@herbthompson8937 way to drink the look aid on Cold War propaganda. Socialism has a rich history in the States, and have been pushing for anarchism (libertarianism) since the 19th century. Josiah Warren is considered the first American anarchist and his work produced American free market anarchism, a subset of libertarian socialism. Maybe pick up an actual history book instead of regurgitating mainstream academia and propaganda. You speak of indoctrination in schools for socialism/communism.... yet I have yet to see a single school actually promote the replacement of wage labor with labor associations and industrial democracy, which is the core of socialism. The greatness of our country is in spite of itself and it’s ruling class. There has always been Americans that had to drag along the rest of us towards the right side of history. Like all other countries we are one among many with similar problems. Our struggle has always been to live up to our own ideal liberal society and republic in spite of the ruling interests and social tyrants it benefits. I have no problem if people think their nation is the greatest, the US certainly has done great things. But for black Americans it’s a different experience in their struggle for civil rights to be recognized. A little perspective man. Keep it patriotic, cause nationalism is anti-American. We’re a union of States, a Republic, not some collective based in an identity.
you American? There is more history there than you think, look into the ancient history on North America- that might not be Caucasian invaders from Europe but there's some seriously interesting history in N.America
USA might be pretty boring, but a lot of the first nations/natives have really interesting histories, like the Iroquois and Lenape. Make sure you stop reading in 1491
I can't imagine how pissed off Harold was when his wings charged without his orders
tbh, he should check if his units have guard mode turned on or not..
seriously though, lack of discipline is the hallmark of militia.. generally it means early rout, but it could also mean looting the enemy camp before the fighting end or breaking rank like this..
That's a myth: Harold had ordered his lieutenants (and brothers) Earls Leofwine and Gyrth to envelop Duke William when William's horse was felled and the Normans withdrew thinking he'd died. Harold didn't anticipate the sudden occurrence of the ferocious Breton counter-attack.
@@zoetropo1 Source?
Fun fact: before this battle William was called the bastard and after - the conqueror. So if some bully calls you bastard you just need to conquer England.
What a righteous bastard lawl
Even more fun: I still call him "William The Bastard".
Billy the Born to Parents Who Weren't Technically Married in the Traditional Fashion
Should always be called William the bastard to everyone north of London.
Because his father like to boink a tanner girl
Finally, the culmination of one of the greatest series of events in English history. The most famous and influential battle in English history. The battle that made me fall in love with all history. And now I get to fall in love with it, all over again.
Those jarls, cutting the best heavy Calvary in Europe with a two handed axe....like a hot knife through butter.... I just imagined the whole dramatic scene in my head... it was awesome... Thanks again Kings and Generals for these details. :)
The production values for this in particular video is great! I can see so much improvement between this and the ones from a year ago!
When you are Harold and you have just defeated Hardrada and William suddenly invades England: "Dude, uncool"
He got third partied hard lmao
Hey there oversimplified fan “high five”
imagine if oversimplified uploaded videos as consistently as kings and generals!
@@atomgamingyt6055 Well in that parallel universe Harold Godwinson won the battle of Hastings
Yo where is oversimplified ?? They take 8 months a video lmao
Imagine people remembering your name over 900 years after your death
History is filled with legacies, may their souls Rest In Peace, I think it’s fascinating that these were actual moments in our human history, what a crazy fact that is.
@YouveBeenGreeked Lol
900??? ok. what about you triple that and ad some more...
@YouveBeenGreeked ahhh ma boy Gilgamesh in babylon
10000 BC Ramayan in india
Excellent content!
Make videos on the Komnenian Restoration in the future :)
No wait!! Make it in the past and we can watch it now!!
It's just sheer pleasure when a notification from your channel drops.... Nothing different, as usual, great content and clear explanation of what happened and even in controversial cases, you manage to give attention to details... Bravo!! 👍🏾
Harold fue un rey con un valor impresionante. Mis respetos a el y a sus hombres. Gloria y honor.
that troubadour what a badass, I like to think he was singing the entire time taunting them
I get so emotional listening to the history of events that ended up profoundly affecting what language it is that I speak natively.
It was said that when William as he was invading England trip and fell as he was getting out of the boat. His vassals around him thought it was a bad sign. But someone among the retinue was able to put a positive spin on it by saying "This is the Duke and he has England in his hands" or something to that effect. Which helped to calm their fears. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality. Still waiting for your next video on the Imjin War.
Using Archers against Huskarls? Madness! When in doubt, always use a Knight Rush.
Try that at Agincourt
@@derpydoggo9981 in that one you just use you monks to convert spearmen and use them to assault the French cavalry.
Just perfect. Keep it up,love your videos.
Harold Godwinson was a good commander and a great leader. Shame he lost because of the same fate of most competent leaders, insubordination and waywardness of subordinates.
William won because of plot armor, obviously.
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Really great leaders know also how to choose good subordinates
@@giuliomagnanensi3469 didnt really have much choice. It was either the fuckwits he calls brothers or two dubiously loyal northern earls who have claims on your throne.
@@giuliomagnanensi3469 He hadn't been in power long enough to build up a base of competent subordinates.
Excellent work !
I can imagine Harolds stress; shouting stop "chasing after them" while he was figthing himself.
William of Normandy is one smart and cunning dude
Amazing! As always KnG 😀
Beautiful imagery and clear tactical information, thanks kings and generals!
Imagine seeing your comrades get slaughtered because of chaseing the enemy into a trap over and over again and still thinking ”hmm maybe it’ll work this time”
@@أحمدالعراقي-ل8م3ح I would add, a greater variety of troops (heavy infantry, archers, knights) whereas English only had the same type of troops (heavy/medium infantry), only differing in overall quality and training (fyrd vs. Housecarls).
They only did it once, they didn't chase the retreating Normans repeatedly
*The Japanese Have Entered The Chat*
@@keighlancoe5933 maybe not within the same battle. But many veteran english joined the elite varagian guard in constantinople and they fell for a feigned retreat quite a few times against.. Normans.
THAT IS CRAZY
Interesting to think Harold had a decent chance of starting his reign by defeating two powerful rulers in a few days of each other.
Incredible achievement that he almost managed it.
Imagine how powerful he wouldve been politically after that. Harold the Mighty!
The life of Harold Godwinson Is proof of the adage that “count no man lucky until he’s dead.” He was the greatest soldier of his age and with a little bit of luck and patience he would’ve won Hastings.
E.A. Freeman was a great admirer of the Anglo-Saxons, but he visualised Harold being supremely confident until he saw the Bretons raise their standard: he had fought among them in three battles in 1064.
im so happy you guys are still using total war. Best historical battle channel on youtube
The Battle of Hastings has got to be one of history’s most important battles, like top three.
you are insane thank you for your work a hug from Brazil.😎🇧🇷
Could we maybe get an extra video on the Norman consolidation of power over England? The harrying of the north doesn't get talked about a lot!
Especially the second Harrying of the North in 1080.
Oh how long have i waited for this❤
Tragic story this of a king whose short dominion oversaw a great victory against a dreaded long time enemy, and total defeat at the hands of a new one, ending two centuries age eras, and giving birth to a new one.
Stuff of legend.
I mean, they were both opportunistic usurpers, and a certain Canute had already weakened the native Wessex monarchy to the point the "normal" method of royal succession (the Witenagemot) was only rarely invoked.
By this point England was the prize of the North Sea, and the fact that two challengers vied with Harold within months of his assumption of the throne tells you /somebody/ was going to take that damn island.
Of course, Canute, Harald Hardrada, and William only wanted England b/c it had an advanced bureaucratic administration. Of all the realms in Latin Christendom come 1066, England was the easiest to collect taxes from, so these foreign kings wanted it as a bank account to fund their other endeavors.
Consequently, I'm always skeptical of ppl. trying to rehabilitate King John or Richard III on the basis they enacted administrative reform. Please! Administrative reform in England circa the High Middle Ages is easy!
Been watching since 2018 and it just keeps getting better.
So you're saying that we would all be speaking a more Germanic form of English if Harold's right flank just learned to keep still?
Spectacular leadership by William. Stunning and decisive victory
Obi-wan would've been dissapointed at Harald. He had the high ground, but he underestimated William's power
His greddy nobles sucked thats all they were the reason of downfall of anglo saxon england
Ikr?!
@Fantassin de Guillaume I would rather call the guy ambitious as when harold was a noble(and a powerful one) he never plotted to take power from his rightful liege or disobeyed him (possibly one of the actions that paved the way for kingship to him) unlike more or less half of his country when he was king(these 2 northumbrian earls held huge lands and very experienced troops even after the war and they would tip the scales for harolds behalf. If thats not enough his other lords/earls didnt wanted the give him troops just after one war(even though it was defensive too) so as you can see in the video nearly all of his troops were footmen/militas. Then these earls got angry when their lands were disturbited to williams norman friends serves the backstabbers right imo but I am really sad for my man harold he was an logistics genius
Harald did nothing wrong it was those eager earls and huscarls and poorly trained militia men that against their given orders pursued the enemy
@Fantassin de Guillaume edwards promise to william is nothing more than a simple propaganda tool against harold as there wasnt any communication or prepartion for williams succesion during the reign of edward.
Even williams sources say he chose harold as his succesor in his deathbed also as house of wessex was already exiled at this period and as edward gained kingdom of england with election of witanegomont(or whatever its hard to write it) and not by sword I think we can agree he was accepted as rightful king back then.
Harold didnt supported his brother and stayed loyal to his liege until his death his gains of land was either inheritance or appointment by the king (except for one time his brother was exiled and his realm was divided because he abducted an abbess fun story) and this appoitments was simply repaying favor to him as he was the main reason edward was on the throne
Thanks for bringing this follow up video so soon. This way I still remembered the last part. :)
I click “like” on a Kings and Generals clip as soon as it starts.
Best historical documentry channel on RUclips
I used to live 2 miles from the site of the battle. My favourite named local business was "William the Concreter". That's just genius.
this is one of the best videos about the Battle of Hastings Ive ever seen
Imagine if the Saxons just stayed on the damn hill. History would have been so different.
Legends say they're still up there to this day :D
Let the dead be a lesson to the consequences of not valuing the high ground
Well they were mainly made from the “fyrd” who were less equipped, had little to no armour and were not highly disciplined as soldiers. If Harold had a better equipped army with archers and cavalry as well he would have won easily but unfortunately all of his army was just infantry.
@@mijanhoque1740 Yeah, K&G even pointed it out that if Harold had just waited a while longer he could've had a way better army to assemble. Tbh, Harold Godwinson really had a great chance to become King of the English, sad to see he had to die that way, but hey i wouldn't be speaking English if it wasn't for William, and I'm from the Philippines.
@Feral75 The anglo saxons freed britons from roman hebrew oppression, and the latin jews reinstated it
14:20 Heralded... is that almost a pun???
Great video. It feels like a milestone for this awesome channel.
Can you do an episode on Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf?
Great video. Please do a follow up video on the Norman conquest to show that the fight for England didn't end at Hastings.
Honestly, Hastings was one of those rare battles that was so close, it came down to which king was killed first. Could’ve just as easily been William felled by a stray arrow. And if so, his army would’ve melted away just as the anglo saxons did.
Also, to me, Hastings wasn’t William’s greatest feat. It was maintaining control of both his kingdom and his duchy in the aftermath that’s far more impressive.
This channel is just getting better and better. I've been subbed since you were under 100k subs. The glow up is real!
Big poker blow, William the Conqueror did not only play the english throne in this battle but also his duchy, the counts of Anjou, Brittany and the king of the Franks were on the lookout for a possible debacle in England of the norman duke.
Kings and Generals always make good videos but a few are truly epic. This is one of those videos.
Props to the K&G team again for another cool production, but also mad respect to the people who have woven the "Bayeux Tapestry" so that we also have images going along with this famous battle 👍😎
One of my favorites. Really well put together.
The high ground did not save Godwinson
only Obi-wan hold the secret of the high gtound
did until we ruddy ran off it grr
but it helped him a lot to push off the norman army for a good. but the eagerness of Saxons becomes their downfall.
Just like the Allied Monarchs at Austerlitz ;)
No one can win a war when your troops disobey you.
I've been waiting for Hastings, nice work as usual.
Imagine if the Anglo Saxon win this battle
This was in my opinion the medieval version of the EU taking over England, since the nobles that William gathered with him came from all parts of Christendom, in fact, the creme de la creme of it.
England would still be full of Aethelreds, Aethelstans and Edddas.
I think it would have been better for both France and England, they wouldn’t have necessarily become ennemies, also France would be more united.
Maybe we would even see a french and amd english friendship
@@jumperwilli7770 a French and English friendship would have conquered the world easily
Your videos are great and so easy to follow.
i live in jersey... queen elizabeth, and now the new king charles, are traditionally referred to as notre duc, 'our duke', as a nod to our norman heritage and the duke of normandy.
Very good video.. Superbly crafted and narrated.
I guess you could say that those militiamen weren't as "fyrd" as they thought they were.
Zing!
Excellent work.
People should.give Harold credit though he did defeat one army then had to march all the way back to the other end of the country to face another
I think a lot of it was the clever use of propagand, the bayeaux tapestry and building of forts
It really doesn't matter how many battles you win if you lose the war.
@@davidharris3728 cruelly true. He should have waited in London.
@@historicalbiblicalresearch8440 waited in London while William wittled away his allies
Dont forget that even if he won that one he would have to do it with minimal losses because everyone around would smell the blood after so many battles to oust him from throne of England.
Ive been waiting for this
Harold: It's over William, I have the high ground!
William: You underestimate my power!
Harold: Don't try it!
William proceeds to try it, but actually wins!!!
All of England: Well s***!
He did try it and it worked
Enjoyed, thanks for another excellent video.
My family of Gamage was granted our land and family crest from this invasion. Proud of my viking heritage 💪
Great video on the Battle of Hastings!
The house of Godwin was considered to be the strongest family in the British isles as through marriages and pacts they were lords and counts of several important locations in England
great video as always look forward to your next 1
Godwinson: It's over William, I have the high ground
William: 😐
Wonderful as usual K&G 👍❤ Thank you!
A really cool what if scenario would be "what if William failed at Hastings"
Played that in CKII. Answer: empire of Britannia, tons of kinslaying and a shortlived kingdom in Croatia.
The English language would be totally different. A lot more German, a lot less French.
There would have been no Hundred Years War
Yes I was waiting for this thank u so much
I used to be King Of England, then I took an arrow to the eye
Consequences
Is it is just me or the graphics are more detailed compared to previous videos? Awesome quality, thank you Kings and Generals!
The Netherlands looked quite different in 1066, the entire province of Flevoland didn't exist back then and the province of Zeeland looked different as well.
We the dutch people didn't won the war against the sea yet, it took a few battles to conquer those lands from the sea :)
@Gladius Pax pay debt first than bitch about European loan credit system later...
@Gladius Pax exactly... the fact that your government does not tell you how much they are in debt says it all, looking at your name and pf i assum your either italian or greek
@Gladius Pax I suggest you study Dutch history and modern economy / exports.
Great stuff! Thanks a lot!
I've always wondered about the origins of that famous tapestry that depicted this battle. Good thing this channel covers that in great detail.
Great vid as always
William the Conqueror is one of the few individuals in history not to be forgotten after his death he achieved real immortality.
It helped that Britain became a great nation
@@joellaz9836 did it? The Normans were a devastating disaster for England. It took many centuries to recover.
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That’s not what I meant. If Britain had remained a backwater and unimportant nation then I doubt anyone would care all that much about William the conqueror, but the fact that Britain did become a great nation helped to make William the conqueror even more immortal and important historical figure.
Few individuals ? There are literally tens of thousands known historical figures.
@@joellaz9836Britain didn’t even exist in 1066, it was England.
I love this channel. Awesome ty
8:43 That dude was "high'' for sure ! under effect of some misterious "mushrooms" in the mix with alcohool
Thanks for all the sweet knowledge
Of the 3 potential victory who fought for the English crown in 1066, the worst option won. Either Haralds would have been preferable.
Usually, I heart your comments, but not this one. Mostly because we are currently researching this very topic and I don't want to pass judgement before I read everything I should :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Entirely fair and no hard feelings :) I am very much looking forward to future videos on this topic! I am excited to learn your perspective and opinion :)
@@Lord_Lambert I think the mistake we make is assuming Harold Godwinson's troubles would have been over had he only beaten William. The fact that two pretenders popped up within months of his ascension tells me /someone/ was going to take over that bloody island.
England was by this period the jewel of the North Sea. Not for any natural resources, but b/c it had an advanced bureaucratic administration. Of all the realms in Latin Christendom come the 11th Century, England was the easiest to collect taxes from. Foreign rulers had been eyeing it as a bank account to fund future conquests.
50 years prior Canute the Great had already undermined the native Wessex monarchy, and the Witenagemot (the "normal" method of royal succession) was invoked only occasionally. England was going to be taken over by somebody, be it Denmark, Norway, Normandy, or some other opportunistic power.
@@jeandehuit5385 Perhaps. But I have yet to see any potential pretender that was worse for England than William the Bastard was. His "sundering of the North" was an absolute crime, and a genocide of the Anglo Saxon population.
@@Lord_Lambert You're not going to hear me defend the Harrying of the North; all the evidence then and now points to a widespread destruction of lives & livelihoods in the north of England. You are right that had William not been there, it probably would not have happened.
That said, William probably didn't act alone. In order to inflict the damage he did, he needed 'help' from the Scots under Malcolm III and the Danes under Sweyn Estridssen. Unfortunately, William was not the only bad-faith actor in the north.
Great video K&G's, now I want to know more, keep up 👍🏼
Historians everywhere agree that this was exactly how the Battle of Hastings was fought had the protagonists been composed of murderous glass rectangles.
Very informative details work in this documentary!
The battle that made the defenders of France,into the greatest enemy of France.
Brilliant as usual!
Viking era ends and Norman era begins, but Normans are just Baguette Vikings tho.