Harold was defeated by William the Conqueror because he was outmaneuvered and outarmed. William the Conqueror used cavalry and archers, while Harold left his behind to protect another area.
Harald from Normandy got killed by Harold's men and Harold got killed by William's archers
well im not too sure but i think Harold made is archers fire but wiliam and his army blocked them so Harold attacked but thay had to retreat and the reat im not sure of.
one of the oppositions archers fired an arrow at the enemy and hit Harold in the eye
It is thought that William had 3000 cavalry, 1000 archers and the rest infantry. But Harold had no cavalry, fewer archers thus his army was mostly infantry, as he lost most of his troops on the way from Stamford Bridge. So it was most probably William who had more troops. Hope i was a good help :)
William won because he had archers and calavary to shatter the saxon shield wall and one of Williams archers shot Harold in the eye and the rest of his men riot and fled the battle feild with only a few hundred William won because he had archers and calavary to shatter the saxon shield wall and one of Williams archers shot Harold in the eye and the rest of his men riot and fled the battle feild with only a few hundred and .... William was more properly ready and this was harolds second fight of the day. some of harolds best fighters had died in the battle of the stamford bridge Reasons why William won: -luck, the arrow which hit Harold, harvest time so some of the fyrd went home, storm which forced Harold into the hands of William, the fake retreats, arrival of hadraada, William survived the blow, wind blowing the opposite way accross the cannel, -harolds weaknesses, untrained fyrd, lack of control, no calvery/archers, rused into battle, failed to defend coast, tactically unflexible, -Williams strengths, brave, professional force, well equiped, tactically aware, -Tostig and hadraada, the battle at stamford bridge led Harold to becoming too confident, harolds army was tired, Harold had to leave the south ungarded, Harold lost a 1/3 of his housecarls love helayna97 xxx
Because he was at the top of the hill. if he had archers, he would been able to use the height as an advantage
no because he took over London so he had a bigger army after he had rested
Yes! Because if they didn't, they wouldn't have won, NOW WOULD THEY!
They both had good defence- Harold had positioned his army so he was protected. But William had better defence because he had a bigger army, including archers, cavalry, and more trained soldiers.
he did not give the hilltop to harold
William the Conqueror used cavalry and archers, which his opponent Harold did not have. William would feign retreating, only to draw Harold's foot soldiers in, to be promptly overrun by cavalry.