The Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066) #ancienthistory #vikings #war #trending

The Battle of Stamford Bridge happened, less than three weeks before the famous Battle of Hastings. King Harold Godwinson, led ten thousand to fifteen thousand soldiers and 2,000 cavalry on a 185-mile march in just four days to surprise the Vikings. The Vikings King Harald of Norway led a large army of about 10,000 Norse warriors. The battle occurred near a wooden bridge over the Derwent River in present-day Yorkshire. At the start, a lone Viking armed with an ax held off the entire English army on the bridge, killing up to 40 soldiers before being taken down when an Englishman swam under the bridge and speared him from below. This brave act gave the Viking army time to form a shield wall, but many Vikings weren’t wearing armor, which led to their defeat. The English fought relentlessly until the Viking army was almost completely wiped out.

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