@infokemp Neither can I :). You 'gotta feel sorry for the peoples of England. The Celts got pushed north and west by the Romans, the Romano British got betrayed by the Saxons who established there own kingdoms, the Anglo-Saxons got their asses kicked by the Vikings (and Celts, but to a lesser degree), and the Normans wrecked England further.
I often wonder, though, how differently the outcome of Hastings would've been if the Anglo-Saxons made an alliance with the Welsh.
@celticbattleaxe Well it is more about the way people think - the pre-Roman Celts where based on pan-European & Asian trade network but had only hill forts, the Romans who where (Nordic-Celtic-Etruscans) developed reason & a systematic organisation which they expected everyone to fit into. The Nordic-Celtic nations East of the Rhine focused on only the Heroic & democratic elements of Western civilisation but not reason itself - So when Hengest & Vortigern met it was about power & survival.
@celticbattleaxe P2 What is not understood about Hengest & Vortigern is that they where both tangental to the Roman world - they had some things in common with Rome - but Hengest & English he led had little in common with the Huns (Germanic-Slavic-Mongolians) but he did employ some of them as sub-contractors. The English move to Britain was due to flooding in Englen & Hunnic pressure - Hengest seems to of done what Vortigern wanted - he destroyed the Picts & Irish who also invaded RomanoBritain
@celticbattleaxe Check out Katherine Pollington or Stephen Pollingtons (author of the English Warrior from the earliest times till 1066) - Anglo-Saxon or English legends - sorry for the vagueness I read it nearly ten years ago - it connects Hengest with other stories of the time - it is a great work, Hengest granted land to many Nordic-Celtic & Roman refugees (of Hunnic Raids) land around Canterbury - the English capital - so the story which is based on Archeology - there good & bad in all.
@celticbattleaxe P3 Now the bone of Contention is what happened after - I have mixed feelings about this as I have both Celtic & Nordic bloodlines as most English folks - the English contend that Hengest was hired by Vortigern after Finsburg where Fin betrayed Hengest & then the English burned Finsburg - the English took over control of Frisian trade & mercenaries in Britain - After fighting the Picts though the English claim Vortigern exterminated their civil encampment at Crayford = bloodfeud
@celticbattleaxe P4 This led to the fight at Crayford where Hengest destroyed 2 legions of Vortigerns men (8,000). There is also another reason in that Hengest claims that Vortigern raped his daughter - but the Welsh also claim that Hengest offered his daughter to Vortigern - you also have to take in to account if Aelle (Hengest son) or Horsa (his brother) approved of this or not. Parlay at Stone Henge in this context means that Hengest having lost his Brother would still of been in bloodfeud
@celticbattleaxe P5 - continued mode - it would make sense that his honour code which demanded vengeance meant that the bloodfeud was extended to all Vortigerns captains even though they had slain Vortigern themselves - Hengest men where in their minds repaying a Triple broken contract with the Assassination of the Romano-British captains
A view by both sides of their duplicitous feud - probably influenced Aella & Ambrosious Aurelius & Aurthors views of the conflict between Celt & Nordic-Celt
@celticbattleaxe P6 From my point of view there is a parallel between what Vortigern did to his own people & the English under Hengest he invited in as mercenaries & Ethelread the under ready's treatment of the Danes - where he tried to exterminate them & their Danelaw.
1066 - the Year where Harald & Witan Earls fought MacBeth in Scotland, Welsh princes & Harald Haldrada's massive 30,000 strong invasion force & then Normans - English only had 8,000 troops - so a welsh alliance was unlikely
@infokemp True, and Harold fought the Welsh 6 years before Hastings, but he would've made great allies with them. No one could subjugate the Welsh until Edward I came.
@celticbattleaxe Yes the Welsh are a Heroic people - just look at the Welsh regiments at Roukes drift South Africa & Argincourt. It is ironic that the Welsh in English means stranger - but the Welsh call themselves Cymru (comrades) Hengest's Kempf (Troops) called themselves Gesidas (comrades) & I read recently the old Nordic-Celtic word for Honour which in Old English was Treu (or True = Truth) & modern German Ehrene = honour is the same as the Gaelic name of Ireland = Eire = honour in Irish!
@infokemp :) Yes indeed! And the languages haven't changed much over the years. A person who only speaks Old Irish could still communicate effectively in today's world.
@celticbattleaxe The Irish must secretly like the English a lot - I was in O'Neils for the 6 nations Rugby drinking a Guiness & I looked at the team badges on the wall - Eire (shamrock) France (triple feathers) England (Rose) Wales (wait no welsh dragon?) where is the welsh badge? The Dragon badge is white - the dragon is white on a red background =England- I don't know if O'Neil's knows this but they are supporting England twice! lol
Welsh should complain but until then I have two English flags
@infokemp Well, I don't know about that - some Irish like the English, but I know a lot who don't. It depends where you go. What gets me is that Gaelige isn't the official language in Ireland. Personally, I don't have anything against the English, but I despise the loyalist fools (who say that anyone with Irish ancestry is a 'plastic paddie'). But hey, I love English food, and Twinings Earl Grey Tea is (in my opinion) THE best tea in the world.
@celticbattleaxe As the word honour shows - we all have a common Western heritage - as the Roman (Nordic-Celtic-Etruscans) & The Gauls-Celts & the English-Scandinavians & Rhinelanders knew they all had a folk memory of when they where one Eurasian people.
As the English used to say to the Old Saxons we are of one blood & one bone - one folk.
Now if all of Western Civilization could say that or "through reason we shall unite" this would be a much better world.
@celticbattleaxe Check out my video series on England since 449 - its on my channel - I think you may not agree with everything but you have made some excellent comment responses to my comments - you would be most welcome to give your view points on this series.
If you like the series please subscribe to my channel - sorry for the many e-mails.
@celticbattleaxe I agree with your comment about the longbow! The problem for the English at Hastings was they had been used to peace for so long - the context of a comparative decrease in violence means you are fighting last years war. Alfred's army (27,000) would of been larger than what Harald had available - (8,000 Prof Huscarls) - these men usually had Darts & Spears as well as Daneaxe & swords - they could fight as the Romans did or in combined arms = Shieldwall, archers= sniper role
@infokemp Yep :). I heard that the Anglo-Saxons did have archers at Hastings, but few in number. Therefore, they shot more accurately than the Normans, who were much larger in number (in archers). The Normans shot at random (mostly), and one arrow got Harold in the eye. That must really hurt. Well, it would hurt, but only for a few seconds.
@celticbattleaxe continued PB So in English warfare the bow was used to kill enemy commanders at close quarters like a sniper - look at the circumstances of Haldrada's death - a arrow through the throat - the English Huscarls at Hastings did not have as many darts & staves available as they had at Stamford bridge, so they could not fight in Anglo-Roman style at Hastings - there is also evidence that although Harald tried to starve William into submission Hasting fight was a meeting engagement
Harold was definitely smart when he tackled both Harald and William, and at such a fast pace, too! And Senalc Hill was the best place for his defensive position. But if he had more archers (or Welsh longbowmen), I think we'd all still be in the British Isles.
@celticbattleaxe I think Harold was more influenced by Anglo-Dannish Traditions of Mobile Warfare - the only reason he did not sail to Stamford is that it is what Haldrada would of expected (this was not like Hengest time - most of the English where a farming not seafaring folk) & probably would of won at sea - no Godwinson took them by surprise through forced march - he bottled Vikings up so they counted for nothing.
If it had been Alfred he probably would of know about Alesia from Roman books
@celticbattleaxe If it had been me & I had had the time I would of tried to get Welsh bowmen on board & use some Roman tactics like diverting rivers & burning crops - whilst relying on the English grain surplus, reforming a prof engineering corps like Alfred did & eventually doing what Gurth Godwinson suggested a (pre-emptive) attack on Normandy's ports - a Anglo-Saxon 1066 D-day. A problem for H Godwinson was if he did what his brother wanted & killed William in Normandy still Haldrada invades
@infokemp Yep - and then Harold would've had a real problem. And the stupid Northumbrian Earls didn't join his forces (and were easily conquered by William).
@celticbattleaxe - cont Part C This was because the Normans had tried to break out through desperation & attacked the English camp - this was repulsed the night before the main fight at Senlac - the problem was Harald had just marched almost 800 miles - his men had killed almost 29,000 Vikings & did not have the building materials immediately at hand to fence William in in a Alesia type situation - even if Harold had intended to do this - he did not have time to fashion staves & darts.
@celticbattleaxe conclusion So if Welsh bowmen could of been present - given the slope of the hill is very steep - they could of slaughtered the Normans; using the bow like artillery.
English in the 30 years after hastings still showed the value of the shieldwall in resistance but the lack of English horsemanship comes directly from the origin of the word English or Engle - a Halbard - citizen-soldier(foot) tradition - each war band gave itself a brand Saxons (short sword) etc = nations names
Uh, Harold was son of the Earl Godwin, since Edward thr Confessor had no heirs. Some historians argue that he asked Harold to become king while others say that he asked William - I personally doubt the latter.
But I'll tell 'ya. The only reasons why the Normans won at Hastings was because almost half of the Anglo-Saxons charged down Senlac Hill after the Norman cavalry (who were feigning a retreat for the third time), and because Harold got shot by an arrow in his eye. That was the main reason - he attempted to make another shield wall after much of his force was annihilated by the Norman cavalry, but was slain by the arrow; the rest of his army panicked and fled, leaving the Normans victorious.
@celticbattleaxe It is ironic that Harald Godwinson is shown in the Norman Tapestry saving William & his men from quick sand - so it both shows Godwinson as a very strong & brave man; although there is much reason to doubt that Harald ever swore an oath to William the bastard, knowing what sort of maniac he was & what he would do to England - it is more likely Godwinson asked Williams intentions in respect of the English Witan (Senate) - however he would of know Norman torture was a possibility
@infokemp Completely agree. I don't know why a Saxon would make an oath to a Norman anyways. From what I know, Edward the Confessor asked Harold if he could take up the throne, not William. William probably saw an opportunity to grab the English throne and therefore claimed he was 'chosen to'.
Yeah, that does seem likely. And as soon as William took over England, he got rid of the Witan and placed his barons in there place.
@celticbattleaxe Really the English Witan represented a Oligarchic Democracy - in reference to Republican Rome (Both England & Rome where slave owning societies but it was debt slavery not inherited slavery you could become a Churl - meaning citizen - part of society= Nation - this where the word church meaning community comes from it was not a religious word in the beginning) Churls elected Huscarls & Kemp (knights) &they in turn Earls to the Witan in the tradition of Hengest & Horsa as elected
5) after a while the saxons will charge down the hill towards your spears/duke william, wait until the saxons are on the open ground then charge king harold with your cavelry until he is dead
6) all saxon units (apart from the huscarls) will rout, kill the huscarls then win
just a strategy for people who dont know how to win the battle of hastings :) .
@doubledip98 Neither u nor me can say for certain what it is. But i don't think respected & famous historians like Gibbon would simply invent such a story especially when there' s nothing he personally could possibly gain from it. I mean, if ur a historian, what's the point in inventing a story to destroy ur own reputation? that doesn't make sense. I'm not talking about the st.george thing but throughout history there were many hopeless vastly outnumbered men in battles & turned to victories.
hate to be a dick but that's not how it really happened king williams tactics was to hit and run to lure the enemy out of the shield wall and finish them with his cavalry
@chelseaallday1 come on mate, if there's anything the normans are known for, the one thing they aren't known for was cowardly hit & run tactics. The normans charged up hill at the shield wall many times trying to break it, & cavalry charge UP HILL is never a great idea. at the battle of Cerami Roger I of Sicily & just 137 norman knights & a few infantry defeated a muslim army of 35,000 which many view it as a miracle victory , charging streight in the thick of it.
@trooper59 unfortunatly no, i thought about making the Battle of Stamford bridge many times but it is not possible to make 1 guy holding the bridge & another guy pierces him from under the bridge. BTW King Harald Hardrada got hit with the arrow in the throat, it was King Harold Godwinson who got hit in the eye, at least as they say.
@dikkenerd100 i get u, select the units u want & press the flag button, NOT THE WHITE FLAG button cos they will withraw lol , the blue with the white cross flag button on the lower far left.
Theres a piss easy way to win this...just take all ur archers and march them up like a foot away from one of the brother units and make the archers destroy that unit, then you can march them thru the gap an focus all the archers on harolds unit, from like a few feet away again, bcos the ai only cares about keeping the wall whole, then after harold is dead they will all charge or run then charge all knights n inf and you will win easily.
@Mattydamon69 i did that in one of my hastings vids, yeah although ur archers will be within spitting distance of the huscarls they still won't touch them, but although i concentrated all my archers on harold's unit, harold took many arrows but still didn't die till they went out of arrows. I tried it twice to kill harold with arrows he never died although badley wounded.
@Deadsmile100 yes i do play arma 1-2 aswell its really cool, the best FPS war simulator imo :) before i become crazed on these totalwar games i allways played FirstPersonShooter wargames all CoDs, all MoH, all BFs except 2142 , metal gear solid 1-2-3 etc, etc. Now i just got the New MoH tier 1 & i'm gonna install it right away.
ps. there is a pause button, useful for when you move infantry etc because they all move at the same time when you unpause. you obviously didn't know that when this video was recorded.
Leave the cunt alone! the whole point of a game like this is that you play it yourself, your way. If you pricks dont think its right, let him learn from his mistakes, great generals were not "great" for being perfect.
Being a Saxon i often dream about what would happen if the saxons won. The bayeaux tapestry was made by the Normans so it was obviously biased. It was the Normans after the battle who wrote the history. Its obvious that they exaggerated the number of Saxons greatly, how can 8000 peasant men force march 185 miles fight a battle then march back down without much sleep or food and turn up at hastings with the same number of men?
@MegaSalabajzer & UR AN IDIOT. cos 1st of all i was trying to make it go similar to the real battle & 2nd this a year ago as soon as i bought the game.
@Manthing32 U r an idiot, much of the Hastings history came from the tapestry. U know shit of what history books i speak off, look at Hollywood if u wanna talk about historical errors. don't be an idiot i said the theory of the arrow came from the tapesty, the ppl who made the tapestry at least lived in those times & know much more what happened than u wise ass will ever know, so how can u be so sure its a myth if u wasn't even there? jerk
@Suppressingfire spak for yourself u dont know anything else than what youve been told and read either so if u think its like that nobody can speak of anything they didnt see ?
@CrunkKid911 whats ur fucking problem u little maggot? i'm not saying i'm 100% no one can but what i'm saying is that its more likely happened how ppl from that time said it than how some modern historian invented it from his own dumb conclusions. Today's historians can have their minds explode with wisdom i still believe ppl who were there, who live in that time, they surely know better than u or someone want to make a name for himself. Now shut the fuck up
@CrunkKid911 well, didn't u read what i said? thats why i told u i'm not 100% & no one can be. But from some modern historian to those who were there i would rather believe those who were there. So because there's no proof do u suggest that evry one should burn history? History wasn't made for a court of law.
There is no way to tell if he was truly killed with an arrow through the eye. This was probably romanticized later on. He was probably just hacked down.
@Manthing32 I get u but there's nothing romanticised in taking an arrow to the eye, remember even Hardrada took an arrow. the theory of the arrow comes from the tapestry, so its more likely he took the arrow & got hacked after instead of just being hacked. even the other figure of harold on the tapestry falling & being hacked by a knight, he had an arrow too in the eye but someone removed it, if u look closely at it u could see the holes in a streight line leveled to his eye.
@Manthing32 wikipedia? wikipedia varys history more than bullshit hollywood does, turning history to there own versions. when i read wiki i found out that wikipedia of different countries varys on the same subject. No, for ur information i got over 800 history books.
Sick battle, One thing thou. I thought the hill was called Senlac hill. Or are their two names for it? Also, great job making it as Historical accurate as possible. Althought im pretty sure it went on for more than 9 minutes, lol.
@Malusregnum hahahahaha ye this battle took all day long. Yes, me too i am a bit confused about the name of the hill, here its says caldec but on 1066 it says senlac, i don't know if its the same hill or not.
@aboalatrak & u r the most idiotic person in this thread, i tried to make this historical battle look as much as possible as how the real battle went on & not how i can outflank them with my cavalry or something, & what the hell u mean "you should see the enemy lines first" ???? i think i can see them i'm not blind.
Yeah I always wanted to play as the Anglo-Saxons too. I do not think it's possible though. The campaign is set over 20 years after Hastings, and if it's a historical battle the Anglo-Saxons are not destined to win.
lately i got a mini mod from TWC that unlocks the anglo-saxons faction on campaign :) i started a campaign a week ago & i already conquered England, half Europe & the holylands :) since they don't have cavalry i recruit mercenary cavalry but believe it or not they'r quite good if used them properly. i even posted some vids with them besieging Normans, French etc :)))
this battle is hard it took me about 5 tries to win but i won in the end tho i got king harold killed with my archers just like he got killed in real life with an arrow in his eye lol.
He was indeed hacked to pieces by the Norman Knights but only after he fell with the arrow in his left eye. However, it is said that the Huscarls kept on fighting.
@greenydude014 well in my school i was taught that king harold was hit in the eye by an arrow i remember even seeing a sketch of him with an arrow in his eye i dont know which of us is right hope someone comments back and tell us the truth lol
The Bayeaux Tapestry shows a figure of a Saxon with an arrow in his eye and above it is written Harolde. A little further on from that it shows the same figure being cut down by cavalry and it is said that Harold had his bowels removed, genitals cut off and was beheaded and that he was so mutilated that the only way they could tell it was King Harold was by a tattoo he had on his torso somewhere. (Sorry to be so graphic lol).
yes, thats true, however, the version i know is that harold took the arrow in his eye & he was cut to pieces by william's Knights, & although many started fleeing the housecarls fought to the last.
Another great video my man!! If the saxon line hadent broke i'd reckon we'd stay 'French free' lol. In reality a shield wall is tough as nails..an enemy attacks you, you opn a gap and pull them in to be cut down. fun stuff. keep up the good work mate
i played this in March & by that time i was just beginning to play total war games, but on my left flank i did something similar when i pulled back some of my spearmen units & attacked with cavalry.
YES u r a stupid idiot, cos history channel has nothing to do with it, so i don't know why the hell did u THINK of it. like i told u b4, why getting bitchy about other's vids when all u posted was dumb crap?
Actually William, had not direct claim to the throne accept for a suppoese promise made to him by Edward the Confessor. William's grandfather and Edward's mother (who was Norman) were siblings. There were other claimants with a better claim than William.
Visited Battle today 943 years and 1 day after the Battle. There were many wreaths and Flowers left on the spot where Harold died, The last Anglo Saxon King is still not forgotten by many.
Cool man, fate was a bit cruel with king Harold, 2 armies invade at the same time, he managed to destroy the Norwegian Vikings, marched south to meet the Normans streight away & almost destroyed the Normans but he took the arrow b4 his reinforcments were due to arrive.
I made the archer firing part on FF (in case u haven't noticed) cos it would'v taken a long time & it was there when i killed both Harold's brothers. That damned advisor on FF was becoming annoying untill he stopped.
Poor William the old king before harald godwinson was the kin of william the bastard or allso know as The Conqueror
and william did only take what was rightfully he's. but godwinson and the council members of england Just mocked him and laughed at him even in a letter they send back to him
I can't be certain who in real life stood fighting m8, i'm just talking what happened in the game. in the game his huscarls fought to the last after harold's death. but tnkx for telling me :)
i guess u prefere ugly looking monsters like CRAPPY WoW than history. u call my vid boring (i posted this when i just started playing it) when all u posted was just 2 MUSN'T SEE senseless vids.
Can you get the word in your fucking skull for me? those 2 vidoes are shitty, they are just unplanned tests I made in a few mins to test out various recording software and thier quialitly when uploaded
The Saxons did not flee the battlefield though. Once a Saxons king is slain, every Saxon on the battlefield is forbidden to leave, in other words, they must all die.
As long as King Harold is alive his army won't retreat even when outnumbered or routed because u have to kill him, & even after u kill the king, his bodyguard the huscarls will keep fighting to the last.
U'v got cavalry, if u charge just ur infantry & wait till they beat them its not gonna happen, to win u have to do what William did, order a false retreat on ur left flank & as soon as u see the enemy running after them, cut them down with ur cavalry. By doing that u'll see that their line got weak & it will be the time to rout them & kill king Harold.
King Harold - Hill Camper
3210Mit 6 hours ago
Sorry I know it is just a representation of the fight at Hastings but I just can't watch from the Norman point of view.
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Neither can I :). You 'gotta feel sorry for the peoples of England. The Celts got pushed north and west by the Romans, the Romano British got betrayed by the Saxons who established there own kingdoms, the Anglo-Saxons got their asses kicked by the Vikings (and Celts, but to a lesser degree), and the Normans wrecked England further.
I often wonder, though, how differently the outcome of Hastings would've been if the Anglo-Saxons made an alliance with the Welsh.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe Well it is more about the way people think - the pre-Roman Celts where based on pan-European & Asian trade network but had only hill forts, the Romans who where (Nordic-Celtic-Etruscans) developed reason & a systematic organisation which they expected everyone to fit into. The Nordic-Celtic nations East of the Rhine focused on only the Heroic & democratic elements of Western civilisation but not reason itself - So when Hengest & Vortigern met it was about power & survival.
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe P2 What is not understood about Hengest & Vortigern is that they where both tangental to the Roman world - they had some things in common with Rome - but Hengest & English he led had little in common with the Huns (Germanic-Slavic-Mongolians) but he did employ some of them as sub-contractors. The English move to Britain was due to flooding in Englen & Hunnic pressure - Hengest seems to of done what Vortigern wanted - he destroyed the Picts & Irish who also invaded RomanoBritain
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Yep - poor Picts :(. And when Hegist was granted a sizable territory, he turned it into the kingdom of Cent and betrayed the Romano-Brits.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe Check out Katherine Pollington or Stephen Pollingtons (author of the English Warrior from the earliest times till 1066) - Anglo-Saxon or English legends - sorry for the vagueness I read it nearly ten years ago - it connects Hengest with other stories of the time - it is a great work, Hengest granted land to many Nordic-Celtic & Roman refugees (of Hunnic Raids) land around Canterbury - the English capital - so the story which is based on Archeology - there good & bad in all.
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp I shall check it out!
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe P3 Now the bone of Contention is what happened after - I have mixed feelings about this as I have both Celtic & Nordic bloodlines as most English folks - the English contend that Hengest was hired by Vortigern after Finsburg where Fin betrayed Hengest & then the English burned Finsburg - the English took over control of Frisian trade & mercenaries in Britain - After fighting the Picts though the English claim Vortigern exterminated their civil encampment at Crayford = bloodfeud
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe P4 This led to the fight at Crayford where Hengest destroyed 2 legions of Vortigerns men (8,000). There is also another reason in that Hengest claims that Vortigern raped his daughter - but the Welsh also claim that Hengest offered his daughter to Vortigern - you also have to take in to account if Aelle (Hengest son) or Horsa (his brother) approved of this or not. Parlay at Stone Henge in this context means that Hengest having lost his Brother would still of been in bloodfeud
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe P5 - continued mode - it would make sense that his honour code which demanded vengeance meant that the bloodfeud was extended to all Vortigerns captains even though they had slain Vortigern themselves - Hengest men where in their minds repaying a Triple broken contract with the Assassination of the Romano-British captains
A view by both sides of their duplicitous feud - probably influenced Aella & Ambrosious Aurelius & Aurthors views of the conflict between Celt & Nordic-Celt
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe P6 From my point of view there is a parallel between what Vortigern did to his own people & the English under Hengest he invited in as mercenaries & Ethelread the under ready's treatment of the Danes - where he tried to exterminate them & their Danelaw.
1066 - the Year where Harald & Witan Earls fought MacBeth in Scotland, Welsh princes & Harald Haldrada's massive 30,000 strong invasion force & then Normans - English only had 8,000 troops - so a welsh alliance was unlikely
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp True, and Harold fought the Welsh 6 years before Hastings, but he would've made great allies with them. No one could subjugate the Welsh until Edward I came.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe Yes the Welsh are a Heroic people - just look at the Welsh regiments at Roukes drift South Africa & Argincourt. It is ironic that the Welsh in English means stranger - but the Welsh call themselves Cymru (comrades) Hengest's Kempf (Troops) called themselves Gesidas (comrades) & I read recently the old Nordic-Celtic word for Honour which in Old English was Treu (or True = Truth) & modern German Ehrene = honour is the same as the Gaelic name of Ireland = Eire = honour in Irish!
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp :) Yes indeed! And the languages haven't changed much over the years. A person who only speaks Old Irish could still communicate effectively in today's world.
Hey, I'll drink to that!
Another round of Guiness! :)
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe The Irish must secretly like the English a lot - I was in O'Neils for the 6 nations Rugby drinking a Guiness & I looked at the team badges on the wall - Eire (shamrock) France (triple feathers) England (Rose) Wales (wait no welsh dragon?) where is the welsh badge? The Dragon badge is white - the dragon is white on a red background =England- I don't know if O'Neil's knows this but they are supporting England twice! lol
Welsh should complain but until then I have two English flags
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Well, I don't know about that - some Irish like the English, but I know a lot who don't. It depends where you go. What gets me is that Gaelige isn't the official language in Ireland. Personally, I don't have anything against the English, but I despise the loyalist fools (who say that anyone with Irish ancestry is a 'plastic paddie'). But hey, I love English food, and Twinings Earl Grey Tea is (in my opinion) THE best tea in the world.
WHAT?! They forgot the Red Dragon? Damn.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe As the word honour shows - we all have a common Western heritage - as the Roman (Nordic-Celtic-Etruscans) & The Gauls-Celts & the English-Scandinavians & Rhinelanders knew they all had a folk memory of when they where one Eurasian people.
As the English used to say to the Old Saxons we are of one blood & one bone - one folk.
Now if all of Western Civilization could say that or "through reason we shall unite" this would be a much better world.
All the best
David
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Completely agree with you there. :)
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe Check out my video series on England since 449 - its on my channel - I think you may not agree with everything but you have made some excellent comment responses to my comments - you would be most welcome to give your view points on this series.
If you like the series please subscribe to my channel - sorry for the many e-mails.
All the best
David
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp I'd love to! :D
Bah, don't worry about it :). I often can't help it either! :D
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Because if the Welsh came with Harold to Senlac Hill with longbowmen, I don't the Normans would've lasted half the day.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe I agree with your comment about the longbow! The problem for the English at Hastings was they had been used to peace for so long - the context of a comparative decrease in violence means you are fighting last years war. Alfred's army (27,000) would of been larger than what Harald had available - (8,000 Prof Huscarls) - these men usually had Darts & Spears as well as Daneaxe & swords - they could fight as the Romans did or in combined arms = Shieldwall, archers= sniper role
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Yep :). I heard that the Anglo-Saxons did have archers at Hastings, but few in number. Therefore, they shot more accurately than the Normans, who were much larger in number (in archers). The Normans shot at random (mostly), and one arrow got Harold in the eye. That must really hurt. Well, it would hurt, but only for a few seconds.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe continued PB So in English warfare the bow was used to kill enemy commanders at close quarters like a sniper - look at the circumstances of Haldrada's death - a arrow through the throat - the English Huscarls at Hastings did not have as many darts & staves available as they had at Stamford bridge, so they could not fight in Anglo-Roman style at Hastings - there is also evidence that although Harald tried to starve William into submission Hasting fight was a meeting engagement
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Yes, I heard about that! :)
Harold was definitely smart when he tackled both Harald and William, and at such a fast pace, too! And Senalc Hill was the best place for his defensive position. But if he had more archers (or Welsh longbowmen), I think we'd all still be in the British Isles.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe I think Harold was more influenced by Anglo-Dannish Traditions of Mobile Warfare - the only reason he did not sail to Stamford is that it is what Haldrada would of expected (this was not like Hengest time - most of the English where a farming not seafaring folk) & probably would of won at sea - no Godwinson took them by surprise through forced march - he bottled Vikings up so they counted for nothing.
If it had been Alfred he probably would of know about Alesia from Roman books
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Indeed :). And this was one of the rare occasions when the Vikings were the ones ambushed.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe If it had been me & I had had the time I would of tried to get Welsh bowmen on board & use some Roman tactics like diverting rivers & burning crops - whilst relying on the English grain surplus, reforming a prof engineering corps like Alfred did & eventually doing what Gurth Godwinson suggested a (pre-emptive) attack on Normandy's ports - a Anglo-Saxon 1066 D-day. A problem for H Godwinson was if he did what his brother wanted & killed William in Normandy still Haldrada invades
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Yep - and then Harold would've had a real problem. And the stupid Northumbrian Earls didn't join his forces (and were easily conquered by William).
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe - cont Part C This was because the Normans had tried to break out through desperation & attacked the English camp - this was repulsed the night before the main fight at Senlac - the problem was Harald had just marched almost 800 miles - his men had killed almost 29,000 Vikings & did not have the building materials immediately at hand to fence William in in a Alesia type situation - even if Harold had intended to do this - he did not have time to fashion staves & darts.
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe conclusion So if Welsh bowmen could of been present - given the slope of the hill is very steep - they could of slaughtered the Normans; using the bow like artillery.
English in the 30 years after hastings still showed the value of the shieldwall in resistance but the lack of English horsemanship comes directly from the origin of the word English or Engle - a Halbard - citizen-soldier(foot) tradition - each war band gave itself a brand Saxons (short sword) etc = nations names
infokemp 2 weeks ago
The real battle was Saxons with 200 men or something like that and the normans with 10,000
TheXvTeam 3 weeks ago
at 7:36 someone on the duke's side said something saxon blood! what did he say?? can someone tell me the full thing he said??please!!
OP7Specter 1 month ago
Uh, Harold was son of the Earl Godwin, since Edward thr Confessor had no heirs. Some historians argue that he asked Harold to become king while others say that he asked William - I personally doubt the latter.
celticbattleaxe 3 months ago
But I'll tell 'ya. The only reasons why the Normans won at Hastings was because almost half of the Anglo-Saxons charged down Senlac Hill after the Norman cavalry (who were feigning a retreat for the third time), and because Harold got shot by an arrow in his eye. That was the main reason - he attempted to make another shield wall after much of his force was annihilated by the Norman cavalry, but was slain by the arrow; the rest of his army panicked and fled, leaving the Normans victorious.
celticbattleaxe 3 months ago
@celticbattleaxe It is ironic that Harald Godwinson is shown in the Norman Tapestry saving William & his men from quick sand - so it both shows Godwinson as a very strong & brave man; although there is much reason to doubt that Harald ever swore an oath to William the bastard, knowing what sort of maniac he was & what he would do to England - it is more likely Godwinson asked Williams intentions in respect of the English Witan (Senate) - however he would of know Norman torture was a possibility
infokemp 2 weeks ago
@infokemp Completely agree. I don't know why a Saxon would make an oath to a Norman anyways. From what I know, Edward the Confessor asked Harold if he could take up the throne, not William. William probably saw an opportunity to grab the English throne and therefore claimed he was 'chosen to'.
Yeah, that does seem likely. And as soon as William took over England, he got rid of the Witan and placed his barons in there place.
celticbattleaxe 2 weeks ago
@celticbattleaxe Really the English Witan represented a Oligarchic Democracy - in reference to Republican Rome (Both England & Rome where slave owning societies but it was debt slavery not inherited slavery you could become a Churl - meaning citizen - part of society= Nation - this where the word church meaning community comes from it was not a religious word in the beginning) Churls elected Huscarls & Kemp (knights) &they in turn Earls to the Witan in the tradition of Hengest & Horsa as elected
infokemp 2 weeks ago
thumbs up
SammyBrom 5 months ago
cont...
5) after a while the saxons will charge down the hill towards your spears/duke william, wait until the saxons are on the open ground then charge king harold with your cavelry until he is dead
6) all saxon units (apart from the huscarls) will rout, kill the huscarls then win
just a strategy for people who dont know how to win the battle of hastings :) .
MultiAngryguy 7 months ago
This battle is pretty easy if you have a good strategy.
1) get your cavelry to hit the huscarls until the second line chases you
2) the second line will normally concentrate all of their foces in one section of your spearwall, surround them and rout them
3) then get your spears, duke william and your archers to redeploy quite far back on the open ground, send your cavelry to the forest on your left
4) send your cavelry through the forest around the back to the saxons
cont...
MultiAngryguy 7 months ago
ahahahah look at them french pigs route !!
irishwarlord100 8 months ago
Norman Pride !!!!!!
legomyeggo713 8 months ago
i learnt more from this game about history than 4 years in high school...
toxic2k7 9 months ago 32
@toxic2k7 lol
Suppressingfire 9 months ago
@Suppressingfire how did you make that yellow thingy? that one when you group them to follow those yellow dots. what buttons do i press
13elsyd13 5 months ago
@13elsyd13 hold spacebar
imnevermakingavideo 4 months ago
I like this video & game.
MikiTeme1113 9 months ago
What a blood bath.
nomad1545 10 months ago
ahhaahhhaaaaa
doubledip98 11 months ago
oh noo... pact with lies
doubledip98 11 months ago
@doubledip98 Neither u nor me can say for certain what it is. But i don't think respected & famous historians like Gibbon would simply invent such a story especially when there' s nothing he personally could possibly gain from it. I mean, if ur a historian, what's the point in inventing a story to destroy ur own reputation? that doesn't make sense. I'm not talking about the st.george thing but throughout history there were many hopeless vastly outnumbered men in battles & turned to victories.
Suppressingfire 11 months ago 2
God Damn that adviser at the beginning of THE battle
TheRandomKnives 1 year ago
@TheRandomKnives hahahah yes, i for got to switch him off & he got so annoying lol
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
hate to be a dick but that's not how it really happened king williams tactics was to hit and run to lure the enemy out of the shield wall and finish them with his cavalry
chelseaallday1 1 year ago
@chelseaallday1 come on mate, if there's anything the normans are known for, the one thing they aren't known for was cowardly hit & run tactics. The normans charged up hill at the shield wall many times trying to break it, & cavalry charge UP HILL is never a great idea. at the battle of Cerami Roger I of Sicily & just 137 norman knights & a few infantry defeated a muslim army of 35,000 which many view it as a miracle victory , charging streight in the thick of it.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire lol what a lie?
SmurfSmurf701 1 year ago
@SmurfSmurf701 lol what a lie? CHECK IT OUT..
Suppressingfire 11 months ago
is there one for the battle of stantford bridge? I'd love to see Medieval 2's version of Hadrada getting shot in the eye
trooper59 1 year ago
@trooper59 unfortunatly no, i thought about making the Battle of Stamford bridge many times but it is not possible to make 1 guy holding the bridge & another guy pierces him from under the bridge. BTW King Harald Hardrada got hit with the arrow in the throat, it was King Harold Godwinson who got hit in the eye, at least as they say.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire Aye , it was Harold Godwinson who got hit in the eye =) It says so in a book I'm reading.
Muskddevil 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire You're good at history :D
Magnetron8 1 year ago
@Magnetron8 tnkx , i love history very much, but i still have much to learn mate :)
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
i love this game
MrHistoryhelp 1 year ago
2 days ago was the anniversary of that day
TOTHC63609 1 year ago
How you put those numbers? if u kget what i mean? like u got a number 1 and u select all infantry, would be usefull
dikkenerd100 1 year ago
@dikkenerd100 i get u, select the units u want & press the flag button, NOT THE WHITE FLAG button cos they will withraw lol , the blue with the white cross flag button on the lower far left.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@dikkenerd100 its group jus select the untis and press g or in the right of ur hud them blue flags
GreedyCorpse 1 year ago
Theres a piss easy way to win this...just take all ur archers and march them up like a foot away from one of the brother units and make the archers destroy that unit, then you can march them thru the gap an focus all the archers on harolds unit, from like a few feet away again, bcos the ai only cares about keeping the wall whole, then after harold is dead they will all charge or run then charge all knights n inf and you will win easily.
Mattydamon69 1 year ago
@Mattydamon69 i did that in one of my hastings vids, yeah although ur archers will be within spitting distance of the huscarls they still won't touch them, but although i concentrated all my archers on harold's unit, harold took many arrows but still didn't die till they went out of arrows. I tried it twice to kill harold with arrows he never died although badley wounded.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire i noticed you play ArmA 2 i play Total war and ArmA 2 games :D
Deadsmile100 1 year ago
@Deadsmile100 yes i do play arma 1-2 aswell its really cool, the best FPS war simulator imo :) before i become crazed on these totalwar games i allways played FirstPersonShooter wargames all CoDs, all MoH, all BFs except 2142 , metal gear solid 1-2-3 etc, etc. Now i just got the New MoH tier 1 & i'm gonna install it right away.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire haha nice
Deadsmile100 1 year ago
ps. there is a pause button, useful for when you move infantry etc because they all move at the same time when you unpause. you obviously didn't know that when this video was recorded.
Alexmh990 1 year ago
@Alexmh990 he grouped them together so he could move them at once
Deadsmile100 1 year ago
That is one fun mosh pit
XtreMeNiinJa 1 year ago
Leave the cunt alone! the whole point of a game like this is that you play it yourself, your way. If you pricks dont think its right, let him learn from his mistakes, great generals were not "great" for being perfect.
MUNKMMVIX 1 year ago
@MUNKMMVIX this mission is hard
everytime i try to lure them away the entire army attacks
and harold always runs into the middle of a mosh pit of his own men
so i can never kill him
mrfrosty8172 1 year ago
Being a Saxon i often dream about what would happen if the saxons won. The bayeaux tapestry was made by the Normans so it was obviously biased. It was the Normans after the battle who wrote the history. Its obvious that they exaggerated the number of Saxons greatly, how can 8000 peasant men force march 185 miles fight a battle then march back down without much sleep or food and turn up at hastings with the same number of men?
MrStarbuck123 1 year ago
what game is this??? I've played and own all 3 of the Age of Empires, thats it.... and expansions.....
XxNoVAKx 1 year ago
@XxNoVAKx Medieval II
kevindrosario 1 year ago
@XxNoVAKx Medieval 2 total war
aszkanfederation28 1 year ago
YOU ARE NOOB!!!
MegaSalabajzer 1 year ago
@MegaSalabajzer & UR AN IDIOT. cos 1st of all i was trying to make it go similar to the real battle & 2nd this a year ago as soon as i bought the game.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
The same history books where Wikipedia gets its information from ?
how insightful.
there was no arrow through the eye. Its kind of an achilles heel sort of thing.
Manthing32 1 year ago
@Manthing32 U r an idiot, much of the Hastings history came from the tapestry. U know shit of what history books i speak off, look at Hollywood if u wanna talk about historical errors. don't be an idiot i said the theory of the arrow came from the tapesty, the ppl who made the tapestry at least lived in those times & know much more what happened than u wise ass will ever know, so how can u be so sure its a myth if u wasn't even there? jerk
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire spak for yourself u dont know anything else than what youve been told and read either so if u think its like that nobody can speak of anything they didnt see ?
CrunkKid911 1 year ago
@CrunkKid911 whats ur fucking problem u little maggot? i'm not saying i'm 100% no one can but what i'm saying is that its more likely happened how ppl from that time said it than how some modern historian invented it from his own dumb conclusions. Today's historians can have their minds explode with wisdom i still believe ppl who were there, who live in that time, they surely know better than u or someone want to make a name for himself. Now shut the fuck up
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
It's alright my friend, i'm sure you know more then him anyway. I mean, look at how he spells. "Spak" for yourself.
Carnage1235 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire well me 2 but the problem is that u will never speak to any of them and wont have proof that any of the books are true ?
CrunkKid911 1 year ago
@CrunkKid911 well, didn't u read what i said? thats why i told u i'm not 100% & no one can be. But from some modern historian to those who were there i would rather believe those who were there. So because there's no proof do u suggest that evry one should burn history? History wasn't made for a court of law.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@CrunkKid911 actually there's something called the bayeux tapestry created by the normans...
TheRugbyfullback 1 year ago
What, you hate England?
f3wbs 1 year ago
@f3wbs who hates England mate?
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
There is no way to tell if he was truly killed with an arrow through the eye. This was probably romanticized later on. He was probably just hacked down.
Manthing32 1 year ago
@Manthing32 I get u but there's nothing romanticised in taking an arrow to the eye, remember even Hardrada took an arrow. the theory of the arrow comes from the tapestry, so its more likely he took the arrow & got hacked after instead of just being hacked. even the other figure of harold on the tapestry falling & being hacked by a knight, he had an arrow too in the eye but someone removed it, if u look closely at it u could see the holes in a streight line leveled to his eye.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire Gotta love wikipedia
Manthing32 1 year ago
@Manthing32 wikipedia? wikipedia varys history more than bullshit hollywood does, turning history to there own versions. when i read wiki i found out that wikipedia of different countries varys on the same subject. No, for ur information i got over 800 history books.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire did u read all 800 books
CrunkKid911 1 year ago
Sick battle, One thing thou. I thought the hill was called Senlac hill. Or are their two names for it? Also, great job making it as Historical accurate as possible. Althought im pretty sure it went on for more than 9 minutes, lol.
Malusregnum 1 year ago
@Malusregnum hahahahaha ye this battle took all day long. Yes, me too i am a bit confused about the name of the hill, here its says caldec but on 1066 it says senlac, i don't know if its the same hill or not.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire Yer,The creators probally got the wrong hill. once again, sick battle
Malusregnum 1 year ago
@Malusregnum yh theyre game creators not history geeks some things might be a little wrong but still its a game so ur meant to decide the outcome
CrunkKid911 1 year ago
You are not good commander ,, you should see the enemy lines first :)
aboalatrak 1 year ago
@aboalatrak & u r the most idiotic person in this thread, i tried to make this historical battle look as much as possible as how the real battle went on & not how i can outflank them with my cavalry or something, & what the hell u mean "you should see the enemy lines first" ???? i think i can see them i'm not blind.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
It's better to pause the game and then give your orders, so then your army attacks at the same time.
Red23791 1 year ago
if you were william at the start of that battle you would be shittin urself lol :)
TOTHC63609 1 year ago
of course, no doubt if u were william u would blast open the Saxon shield-wall with a fart lol ;)
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
love this game :)
TOTHC63609 1 year ago
How do you arrange the units at the bottom?
Zwobert 2 years ago
select the units u want grouped & click on the blue flags with the white cross.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Oh, thanks
And one more thing :) How do you unlock all factions to play as in the campaign?
Zwobert 2 years ago
type M2TW unlock all factions here on YT & u'll find plenty of vids showing how, very easy to unlock them
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
does any one of u guys know if its possible to unlock the saxons faction Playable??????
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Yeah I always wanted to play as the Anglo-Saxons too. I do not think it's possible though. The campaign is set over 20 years after Hastings, and if it's a historical battle the Anglo-Saxons are not destined to win.
Red23791 1 year ago
lately i got a mini mod from TWC that unlocks the anglo-saxons faction on campaign :) i started a campaign a week ago & i already conquered England, half Europe & the holylands :) since they don't have cavalry i recruit mercenary cavalry but believe it or not they'r quite good if used them properly. i even posted some vids with them besieging Normans, French etc :)))
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
Saxons are playable in the expansion for Rome Total War; Barbarian Invasion.
Red23791 1 year ago
how do u set ur units with that red arrow and those yellow dots?
mouthforwar17 2 years ago
this battle is hard it took me about 5 tries to win but i won in the end tho i got king harold killed with my archers just like he got killed in real life with an arrow in his eye lol.
damienp1988 2 years ago
I was taught that King Harold was killed by being hacked to pieces by French Knights, is it true?
greenydude014 2 years ago
He was indeed hacked to pieces by the Norman Knights but only after he fell with the arrow in his left eye. However, it is said that the Huscarls kept on fighting.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
@greenydude014 well in my school i was taught that king harold was hit in the eye by an arrow i remember even seeing a sketch of him with an arrow in his eye i dont know which of us is right hope someone comments back and tell us the truth lol
damienp1988 2 years ago
The Bayeaux Tapestry shows a figure of a Saxon with an arrow in his eye and above it is written Harolde. A little further on from that it shows the same figure being cut down by cavalry and it is said that Harold had his bowels removed, genitals cut off and was beheaded and that he was so mutilated that the only way they could tell it was King Harold was by a tattoo he had on his torso somewhere. (Sorry to be so graphic lol).
Red23791 1 year ago
yes, thats true, however, the version i know is that harold took the arrow in his eye & he was cut to pieces by william's Knights, & although many started fleeing the housecarls fought to the last.
Suppressingfire 1 year ago
@Suppressingfire Yeah the Huscarls swore an oath to the king and fought until they were all killed.
Red23791 1 year ago
@greenydude014 oh so we were both correct in someway i didnt read the comment by the other person.
damienp1988 2 years ago
Another great video my man!! If the saxon line hadent broke i'd reckon we'd stay 'French free' lol. In reality a shield wall is tough as nails..an enemy attacks you, you opn a gap and pull them in to be cut down. fun stuff. keep up the good work mate
StueyLestrange 2 years ago
yea, on the left i tried to make the same false retreat tactic & it really worked heheh :)
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
This game is Medieval 2 Total War,Sealify!!
ElementX94 2 years ago
What game ?
SeaIify 2 years ago
its in the title, learn to read
greenydude014 2 years ago
wat is the background theme at 2:32?
USArmySupremeGeneral 2 years ago
sry, don't know dude, its in the game its self
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Why does it say Caldbec hill? I thought the battle took place on senlac hill.
TheSilentSniper1337 2 years ago
wow! this was cool thank to whoever made this! :+]!!!
mcfrandy 2 years ago
tnkx alot bro :)
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
u needed to run up the hill then they will chase u down the hill then when they are at the bottom ur calavary attak
liamjordan2297 2 years ago
i played this in March & by that time i was just beginning to play total war games, but on my left flank i did something similar when i pulled back some of my spearmen units & attacked with cavalry.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
@liamjordan2297 that wouldnt work if you were to retreat back down the hill again they would just stand there they wouldnt follow down
adambelfast1 7 months ago
you should have clicked on the show allies and enemys button more often
might have shown the positions of the armies
MaximumMaxime 2 years ago
YES u r a stupid idiot, cos history channel has nothing to do with it, so i don't know why the hell did u THINK of it. like i told u b4, why getting bitchy about other's vids when all u posted was dumb crap?
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
lol u have removed them? now stfu
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Actually William, had not direct claim to the throne accept for a suppoese promise made to him by Edward the Confessor. William's grandfather and Edward's mother (who was Norman) were siblings. There were other claimants with a better claim than William.
Thor13332 2 years ago 2
Visited Battle today 943 years and 1 day after the Battle. There were many wreaths and Flowers left on the spot where Harold died, The last Anglo Saxon King is still not forgotten by many.
rutruts 2 years ago 2
Cool man, fate was a bit cruel with king Harold, 2 armies invade at the same time, he managed to destroy the Norwegian Vikings, marched south to meet the Normans streight away & almost destroyed the Normans but he took the arrow b4 his reinforcments were due to arrive.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
this is just a historical battle in M2TW, not from History Channel u idiot.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
I made the archer firing part on FF (in case u haven't noticed) cos it would'v taken a long time & it was there when i killed both Harold's brothers. That damned advisor on FF was becoming annoying untill he stopped.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Poor William the old king before harald godwinson was the kin of william the bastard or allso know as The Conqueror
and william did only take what was rightfully he's. but godwinson and the council members of england Just mocked him and laughed at him even in a letter they send back to him
bulluis 2 years ago
good vid
loghead19 2 years ago
Harolds theigns with the massive heavey axes were his last men protecting his body after his death.
Loge91 2 years ago
I can't be certain who in real life stood fighting m8, i'm just talking what happened in the game. in the game his huscarls fought to the last after harold's death. but tnkx for telling me :)
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
We had to watch this in school, this is shit boring ^^
Odie147 2 years ago
I didn't make this for schools u idiot, & if u don't like it then fuck off.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Did I say that? No I didnt, I stated the fact that we had to watch this is school (fo history) and it was boring...
Odie147 2 years ago
i guess u prefere ugly looking monsters like CRAPPY WoW than history. u call my vid boring (i posted this when i just started playing it) when all u posted was just 2 MUSN'T SEE senseless vids.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
1 word: TEST
Can you get the word in your fucking skull for me? those 2 vidoes are shitty, they are just unplanned tests I made in a few mins to test out various recording software and thier quialitly when uploaded
Odie147 2 years ago
would u just shut the fuck up & piss off? why the hell u get bitchy at other ppl's vids if u just posted crappy tests? SHUT UP FAG!
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
It took me 10 tries to win that battle
Swaaak 2 years ago
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HengistTheGreat 2 years ago
The Saxons did not flee the battlefield though. Once a Saxons king is slain, every Saxon on the battlefield is forbidden to leave, in other words, they must all die.
Urinesauce 2 years ago
i didn't know that, but i read in some accounts that after Harold died , william's knights were cutting down many fleeing saxons after the battle.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
As long as King Harold is alive his army won't retreat even when outnumbered or routed because u have to kill him, & even after u kill the king, his bodyguard the huscarls will keep fighting to the last.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
in true story huscarls have an oath of loyalty so that's the reason why they don't route.
Swaaak 2 years ago
its very hard i think myself
maolreidh 2 years ago
I can never win this.
Baexire 2 years ago
hey me too Maybe its cause were outnumbered and We have a weaker army
eddyfoo1 2 years ago
U'v got cavalry, if u charge just ur infantry & wait till they beat them its not gonna happen, to win u have to do what William did, order a false retreat on ur left flank & as soon as u see the enemy running after them, cut them down with ur cavalry. By doing that u'll see that their line got weak & it will be the time to rout them & kill king Harold.
Suppressingfire 2 years ago
Hey thanks for the advise dude i just got the game anyway when i watched this vid so maybe I'll get better in time
eddyfoo1