The Battle That Changed England Forever

What people miss about King Harold is just 3 weeks before Battle of Hastings, he marched 190 miles in 4 days to defeat the Vikings in the Battle of Stamford Bridge, ending Viking raids in England. And only after 3 days of resting at York, he had to rush back more distance in less than a week to face William. Had he defeated William, this feat would have gone down as one of the greatest ever achieved in history.... but it was not to be

This is the next big show we need. These three characters in history stories all a climax to Hastings. Imagine what you could do with Hardrada's flashback scenes alone.

I think I may have seen this before.. Is that called 'deja vutube'? Nice one Dan and team. 🌟👍

Great video, the lesser taught stuff about Fulford and Tostig was very interesting

King Harold deserves as much respect and love as King Alfred the Great. No other king faced 2 such formidable enemies as Harold did. He laid waste to Harold Hardrada's force (effectively ending the Viking threat) then immediately raced down to face the large well provisioned army of William the Bastard. He did this at a speed never before seen and with a force severely lacking in men since many had gone home to bring in the harvest. His bravery and skill in battle has seldom been rivalled. He is TRULY the last Great king of England. May he rest in peace for ever more.🇫🇴

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Great timing! Just finished Vikings Valhalla & the show not building up to the battle of Hastings is so disappointing. Great coverage.

When I studied abroad in Caen, Normandy, I visited Bayeux. I wish that I would have spent more time in front of the Tapestry. I was an immature teen, 19. 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

It’s mad the level of Warlords who invaded England. What’s more shocking is that Harald Hardrada lost, the man was a seasoned battle commander, travelled all the to the Middle East fighting for the east Roman Empire and he gets unstuck by Godwinson, who’s army is so knackered marching up and down the country they in turn are in no state to take on the Normans. World history changes on the toss of a coin who ever won that year, madness.

The techno music mixed with the battle reenactment is hilarious.

It was a wonderful historical coverage episode about 1066 AD ...around British throne...amongst three ambitious figures....thank you 🙏 (history Hit ) channel for sharing

No other man in history deserved to be king as much as King Harold. It is such a tragedy to history that he perished that day and that a few silly mistakes made by his men cost him the battle. From everything that I hear, he was a good man and a total badass.

After watching the last kingdom, Viking, Viking Valhalla. It’s an Utterly fascinating era to study

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Love your work HH 👍

I love History Hit but that music does my head in. It's in everything nowadays.

Can't beat some Marc morris input!

Didn't everything change England forever?

Interesting documentary on my ancestors on my mother’s side of the family related to William and the Plantagenets to the Tudor

Up until the Anglo-Saxons charged down the hill after the Normans, the first thing I thought of was (believe it or not) the final day at Gettysburg, the difference being that the Union forces remained at their positions and secured victory rather then pursue the Confederates.