"Clearly, courtly intrigue was far too dangerous for Harald's liking, so he departed for his homeland of Norway to start a civil war.." #safetyfirstkids

@Shloomy_Shloms

6 жыл бұрын

“Things are getting pretty heated here guys so I’m just gonna go home and start a civil war, best of luck!”

@verdiss7487

6 жыл бұрын

Byzantine court politics man, not even once...

@73hd99w

6 жыл бұрын

He didn't want to end up like Ned Stark.

@JayzsMr

6 жыл бұрын

Less chance to be blinded and castrated

@adrianaustin7153

6 жыл бұрын

There's courtly intrigue, and then there's the Byzantine politics.....It's a whole lot more dangerous... It's also more murderous.........

Haralds life is literally mount and blade

@Wubbeyman

6 жыл бұрын

Kravoss that's exactly what I was thinking

@twiliblade

6 жыл бұрын

he rose far, but fell fast at stanford

@Shoegazebasedgenre0.

5 жыл бұрын

LESS TALKING MORE RAIDING

@vinhny2406

5 жыл бұрын

Getting estate and renowned for early game than become king and rage quit because he lose an important battle

@dylanpalmer1153

5 жыл бұрын

Haakon looks upset.

Time to watch more boxes fight other boxes.

@CHarveyProductions

6 жыл бұрын

I like it when the boxes gently nudge one another and then one of them goes grey. Very satisfying to watch!

@gQuaresma07

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@loveless8241

6 жыл бұрын

Glasscreeper Boxes in longboats!

@juliascythe

6 жыл бұрын

Boxes in ovals?! What is this trickery?

@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333

5 жыл бұрын

Boxes? You oversimplify things. Some boxes have Xs, some have /s, and some get little spiked teeth in the front when they charge.

Harald had a interesting life, specially for the time. Military command in modern day Ukraine/Russia, campaigning with the Byzantines all over the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean and becoming the King of Norway, before dying in a invasion of England. Few men from his time could claim such a extraordinary life and knowing so many places and cultures

@Opranius

5 жыл бұрын

not forgetting that he explored the north of europe.

@priscillapena3366

5 жыл бұрын

Most people then? You mean most people in general.

@Georgieastra

4 жыл бұрын

As King of Norway he would have been well informed about Iceland, Greenland and the mysterious Vinland...

@torbjrnlund903

4 жыл бұрын

@@centurionyt4472 It was an arrow in the neck.

@centurionyt4472

4 жыл бұрын

Torbjørn Lund Harald Hadrada didn’t die from an arrow in the neck

One of my favorite historical figures. Wonderful work!

@disputedname

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I love Svend Estridsen too!

@JoseFrancois

Жыл бұрын

You two have to do a collaboration episode.

Wow this guy was tireless. So many ambition, adventures, travels and fighting :D A word "adventurer" really suits him. He or somebody like him would be a great story protagonist.

@BillyDrakePianoMan

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a small miracle he didn’t take an arrow to the knee.

@williamreich963

4 жыл бұрын

Poul Anderson wrote a masterful fictional biography of HH.

@danielgreen6302

Жыл бұрын

Well it appears that there are several options to each "adventure", I really doubt amongst all the speculation that even a fraction is true (the last perhaps). I think Harold's travels should named "The less probable proclaimed outcome's for a guy named (Mythologized) as Harold". When you hear words and phrases like, supposedly and...according to saga's, it loses a lot of credibility 🤕you know what saga's are right?👀👀

@ytcensorhack1876

Жыл бұрын

Harald Hardrada the original murderhobo

Harald was known as The Last Viking, and rightly so. I'm Danish, but I will happily admit that Harald deserves that title. Norwegian badass.

4:00 Court of Intrigue too dangerous, better go start a civil war LOL

@RambleOn07

6 жыл бұрын

He did have a lot more to gain from the civil war

@jevinliu4658

6 жыл бұрын

+Provocateur Good reason for that. This maneuver is called a single envelopment, and it would've caused damage by bringing in units from a different direction, causing slaughter because most of the time people only realize that they are attacked from one direction. It's like you're wrestling someone and your opponent's dog goes bite your leg.

@SemiDoge

6 жыл бұрын

Byzantine court intrigue was especially dangerous.

@johnsmitty7447

6 жыл бұрын

that is hilarious and telling, warriors often despise politics because of all the backstabbing and scheming, they prefer to square off face to face with their enemy in a open field

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan

4 жыл бұрын

@Nicholas Candra I bounce back & forth between these videos & CK2. Each one makes me hungry for the other. Oftentimes the warrior doesn't like the court & vice versa. Such as GoT... Ned Stark comes to mind here. Only Double H had the time to get out of the capitol in time for his civil war.

Harald Hardrada was such a badass, I wonder what would have happened if he had won the battle of Stamford bridge...

@jeanduhamel9101

6 жыл бұрын

Jon Harper simple, he would have faced Guillaume the conqueror who would have came from the south.

@RiftZM

6 жыл бұрын

+Jon Harper I bet he might have invaded Denmark again, assuming he beat William at Hastings (or whatever battle would have happened instead).

@user-vt8oq6cw1q

6 жыл бұрын

We would probably speak Norwegian by now ,not English ,my lad.

@ThatIcelandicDude

6 жыл бұрын

Predrag Nikolic Unlikely. The vikings had already conqured england a feew years prior but lost it after one generation of rule. And on numerous times during the viking age the vikings establsihed kingdoms in the british isles. All were Short lived. There is little reason to believe this time it would be any different. Likely England would have cut ties with Norway after the death of Harald and continued Saxon rule. England as a result would likely have much stronger Anglo Saxon influence today than they do in our timeline as the Norman's revolutionized English society on all levels.

@user-vt8oq6cw1q

6 жыл бұрын

Not surprised since the Danish is on same difficulty level as Chinese .And by saying ,,we were conquered " ,who are you ,which nationality if i may ask?

damn so when's the movie about Harald Hardrada's life coming out? it would be really interesting seeing someone fight with the Varangian guard and all his travels

@WyrmrestAccord

6 жыл бұрын

I think his life has enough material to write a mini-serie.

@lookwaticando909

6 жыл бұрын

Marc Alcatraz it be cool like from a vanguard's point of view and have him die at Stamford bridge armor less

@Bratzernnjr

6 жыл бұрын

Claystead I would love to read it!

@Bratzernnjr

6 жыл бұрын

Both actually

@JMThought

6 жыл бұрын

You need a 1066 series. Perhaps in the style of game of thrones with harrold’s story happening in (tandem much like Dannie’s) with it all pulling together in England in 1066. All the stuff with House Godwin in England is equally fascinating and the rise of William the Bastard in Normandy. :)

When you learn about 1066 and the Norman Conquest, you just see Harald as that other guy who lost to the English right before they themselves were defeated by William. I didn't know that he was this incredible warrior who lived an amazing life, and was probably the ultimate badass of the day. Thanks for the awesome video!

@custink22

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. William the Conqueror was the kill stealer. Seriously, Godwinson was a badass to have force marched across the country to defeat Hardrada and then force march unrested back across the country to face off against the Normans and fight them almost to a standstill, if not a win. But, Hardrada could have won at Stamford Bridge had his troops been prepared. They nearly fought Godwinson to a draw while unarmored and unprepared. They possibly could have beaten William, had they beaten Godwinson. Dont get me wrong, William was a very able commander on his own, but i think he was outclassed by both of these guys and just picked off the scraps from their battle.

A Dollar for each time someones arch-rival "suddenly dies"

"Clearly courtly intrigue was far too dangerous for Harald's liking, so he departed for his homeland of Norway, to start a civil war." I see what you did there, BazBattles.

The river Nisa or "Nissan" as it is called, floats directly by my house! There are tales describing how wounded warriors can still be heard on the beaches to this day. Nice to see my own home here. Also, Rotorp, as you can see on the map, still exist to this day!

wow, I'm literally sitting here watching this ~1km from where this battle took place. (Halmstad, Sweden)

@Wooperjr

5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea. They never told me about this in history in högstadiet...

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

5 жыл бұрын

Go visit it and bring homages to this Great King, chief of Varangians, normanslayer: Harald Hardrada

Please do the Battle of Towton. It was one of the biggest battles of the medevil ages and the largest of the War of the Roses. A series on the War of the Roses would be even more incredible. Attempt #6

@charlesq7866

2 жыл бұрын

Hear hear! Early Modern Period!

#Magnusdidnothingwrong

@marcbaker2592

6 жыл бұрын

Heretic

@ilmevavi1112

6 жыл бұрын

#BlameErebus

@vide0viwer

6 жыл бұрын

#BlameLorgar

@a05odst62

6 жыл бұрын

HERETIC

@khorneberserker

6 жыл бұрын

Magnus DID nothing wrong... Wait... we're talking 40k here right? :P

Thanks for doing Viking battles, they are always interesting 👍. Can you do more of the early Greek days when they were still perfecting the phalanx formation, I would say B.C era. Love your videos

@justpettet3506

6 жыл бұрын

I second!

@hola720

6 жыл бұрын

He definitely should! if you want to scratch the itch for phalanxes, I recommend you check out Historia Civilis' channel

@denniscleary7580

6 жыл бұрын

Isaac 👍

@massaweed420

6 жыл бұрын

Also check out Baz's first videos, he did an entire series on Alexander the Great. Although I'm sure you have, always good to reiterate. That series was fantastic.

@denniscleary7580

6 жыл бұрын

massaweed420 Oh yeah those were some of the first I watched😄👍. He does such a great job explaining them

One of the things that most impressed me is the fact that the Kievan king gave back his cash. I was waiting for a stab in the rear maneuver.

Ok, this guy really deserve like 10 books to tell his life story and adventures

Still setting the benchmark for history videos on KZread. Awesome as always, and such good animation.

"Hardrada" is such a badass nickname!! :O

@arawn1061

4 жыл бұрын

Hårdråde

@monkeyton5

4 жыл бұрын

Hard-Ruler

@hardc00re10

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s weird how they just change Å and Ä to A and ö or ø to o. Sure the exact correct pronouncing is difficult but they can do much better than just saying A. His actual name Hård-Råde is not even close to hardrada, even hordrode would be closer.

Damn. Tearing two allies apart and pitting them against each other. Lol. That was clever.

Glad to see you gaining sponsors, your channel is very well done and very informative. Thank you.

This was really interesting hearing about Harald Hardrada considered that in England you only ever hear about his invasion of England.

1015 - 1066 RIP

@eggboy4276

6 жыл бұрын

this needs more likes

@justiniani3314

5 жыл бұрын

EggBoy thanks brother

@tomchch

5 жыл бұрын

Growing to be 51 one fighting wars all your life is pretty insane.

Longtime viewer of the channel, and this is easily my favorite video. Seriously good shit! Thank you for what you guys do!

Oh my god, finally.

Oh my god this quality ! Why can't we have this on the french part of KZread ! Good job keep like this ! Theres so many battles to describe ! Greetings from France

Harald Hadrada - one of the most legendary vikings of all time.

Great content and clear , characteristic voice - over. For foreign language speakers like myself, I really feel I can understand perfectly the narrative , even if you did it in Linear B or smthin ! Keep up the good work, thank you very much.

Outstanding work as always! Thank you!

Great video as always, it is incredible how a strong man as Hardrada found his doom later due to his ambition. Excelent work 😊

Just wanted to thank you for teaching me. Even though this is a KZread video, it's very insightful and utterly fascinating. Keep up the good work and thanks again.

Love your story telling keep up the great work!

Thanks for covering so much Norwegian history, really loving it!

As always magnificent work

Thanks, another great one. Nice to know more about Harald other than he lost a battle before the guy who beat him lost a kingdom.

Cool to see a naval battle! Love the vids, keep them coming!

Harald really screwed up Norway. They had peace and prosperity under Magnus, but noooooo, Harald just HAD to have his own throne.

@christiancristof491

5 жыл бұрын

Eh, it's ok. It's ok.

@perperson199

4 жыл бұрын

Which is why he's not called Harald the Good

@ThePRCommander

2 жыл бұрын

The entire story of noble and royal families are like this; they all kill each other all the time. Diana, anyone?

Love these little shows!! Thank you l

I started my research on Harald after discovering I was a direct descendant of him through records, and I used this as one of my starting points. Thanks for the content!

i love your content! Thank you for your continuing uploads at such a great speed! Like really! And I know it's not viable for many different reasons, but if you guys did like a 5 part series. Released it week by week right? Then after its done, press it into one big video and release that. *Epic war Tv* Did or does something similar. It's really nice to just sit down for an hour and have a ton of history play out in such a wonderful format

@9and7

6 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. Seems it takes too much time to make these quickly. Hope that doesn't dissuade Baz from doing battle others have covered. Have a Baz Day!

Glad to see more videos.

My lecturer used one of your videos on Alexander the great the other day, she was explaining the difference between strategy and tactics, I was just like, it's Bazbattles, I love this guy :D

Magnus is one petty SOB. I love him! 😂

I love it, I love it! simply brilliant! captivating to the end

It's interesting, the more I learn about the viking age the more I see what the TV show haphazardly "copy-pasta'd" from other heroes into their own little thing. If they followed the actual historical route Hadrada took I'd say the plot would be even better, but then again, this is long before the TV show's date is supposed to come into effect.

a great man standing up for what is right, well done, respect

Love those notes at the end!

Cool to see how a naval battle in this time might have played out. Great content!

I have always been fascinated by the exploits of Harald Hardrada. He was a cunning tactical genius in many battles. I wonder what would have happened if Harald had emerged victorious in England.

@mothgru

6 жыл бұрын

William still would have won in the end, he'd just have won against Harald instead of Harold.

@hevnervals

6 жыл бұрын

Probably very little would have changed. Hardråde was already old during his campaign to England and would probably have died soon after any hypothetical victory.

@vinodvarghese78

6 жыл бұрын

Point taken, but even if he had won and got to be king of England, won't that had encouraged more Norse invasions in the future, to claim the right to the throne of England? Just a thought.

@hevnervals

6 жыл бұрын

Viking expeditions had become very rare by the start of the 11th century, mostly because christianity was being increasingly accepted in Scandinavia. So no, I doubt the Norse would be encouraged to invade like they used to.

@vinodvarghese78

6 жыл бұрын

Tobias That's true that there was a drop and from what I know, Harald Hardrada's invasion was the last of the major ones by the Norse. So yeah, maybe as you said, would not have made much of an impact if Harald Hardrada had won the crown of England. It wouldn't have lasted or made a major impact as the Normans did.

When I was 12, I found that book in my mother's library: "Byzance" in french ( "Byzantium" in english)... around 1 000 pages ... reading such a monument looked to me like the challenge of a lifetime... so I did read it. It was so good, I didi it in a week ! It was about a young prince from Norway who ended up at Kiev after a disastrous battle and became later the chief of the imperial Gard in Constantinople ... I was so amazed by the story, the description of Byzantium and the exploits of that young and invincible Harald, it never occurs to me that his adventures had a real historical ground. Until almost 30 years later, I saw that video and connected that Harald Hardrada was in fact, the same Harald Sigurdsson from my favorite book of my teenager years !

Thanks for another fantastic video!

Fascinating thanks for the history lesson

I really enjoyed this naval battle video! Please soon make a video on the naval battles of Yi Sun Shin. In the late 1500s, Yi defeated the more numerous Japanese naval forces with technology (turtle boats) and tactics, cutting resupply lines and forcing a retreat of Japanese Samurai land forces who'd all but conquered the Korean kingdom's land resistance forces. 3 or 4 key naval battles won Yi the war, so it would even be a great series of videos! Also, an interesting excursion out of European history. I look forward to all your videos! Thanks for the great work.

Epic. So rose Harald Hardrada. Keep it up, nice video!

Another fantastic video!

"Clearly court intrigue was to dangerous for Harald," so decided to go start a civil war. wow.

U could make also thrilling and epic battles. Just like Cartagena for example. Awesome video btw!! 👌

I love this!

I get happy every time I see your notification pop up, thanks again mate.

Harald's death at the battle of stamford bridge is often considered the end of the vikings. He was such a mercenary legend that his death ended an entire legacy

Very nice animations! Every new video is getting better:)

Awesome, as always

Love this channel so much... @BazBattles do you think you guys could cover the Battle of Edington? I'd love to see a top down imagery of that engagement.

This is very interesting, I thought he's just the guy who got rekt at Stamford bridge. "Hardrada" is truly badarse

Love your vids about Scandinavian history 👍👍

@somalisavage3714

6 жыл бұрын

tomurg He needs a tv series

@tomurg

6 жыл бұрын

Khal Drogo Hardrada you mean?

@somalisavage3714

6 жыл бұрын

tomurg Yes

@tomurg

6 жыл бұрын

Khal Drogo Hell yeah man. I'd pay good money to see that.

@somalisavage3714

6 жыл бұрын

tomurg It would be realistic and the adventures are more interesting than Vikings show. Its mostly historically inaccurate but still a good show

Great . hope for more .

great video as always!

PLEASE, PLEASE continue with your crusade videos, there where Three and you have only covered the first. Love your work.

A most excellent video, yet again! Your Scandinavian/Viking battles are amongst your best work, in my opinion. Would love if you could increase your output of content, because although k&g gets more press, the way you describe the political situation leading up to these battles is second to none. I also love your artwork, maps, and battle mechanics more than any other channel. Keep it up!

Hardrada: “Screw this I’m going to Denmark.” LaterHardrada: “Screw this I’m going to England”.

@danboud8135

6 жыл бұрын

This is Denmark! Let's change the subject. This is England!

Another great job!

Siege of Vienna pls we have long waited for it.

@lionelhutz5137

6 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the battle where Poland saved Europe

Wow, that's a hell of a "Fuck You, Harald" from beyond the grave by Magnus.

first naval battle good baz new ideas coming

Can you do more of these medieval naval battles?

I need a 15 season long GoT type show about this man and his journeys ASAP

I missed these!!!

Ahh a naval battle, quite original nice job!

Sweyn Estridsen is quite similar to Antigonus Gonatas both were middling generals who fought and were bested by much better generals but at the end of the day it was them and not their most gifted opponents who ended ruling a kingdom, dying in their bed and founding an stable dynasty, even their opponents were similar Pyrrhus and Harald, talented, restless and reckless, both dying in battle in middle of a conquest campaign.

I just discovered while doing my family tree on ancestry that Haakon Ivarsson was my 27th great-grandfather. Amazing.

This is man deserve an entire epic movie just about him ! How can a man had such an thrilling life ?

Can you do the battle of Bannockburn?

@LordBurgerofFriesland

6 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this for a ages. Mabye we can do some hundred years war battles as well.

@rosspaterson4402

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, and Stirling bridge would be entertaining.

@LordBurgerofFriesland

6 жыл бұрын

Now we call for revolution!

Great job!

Did anyone else go back and watch Hadrada's two battles in 1066? What a legend of a man

Nice video, i would like to see more naval battles.

This channel is a perfect addition to what Sabaton are doing with their music! Sabaton often focus a bit more on myth and heroic legend, while BazBattles has a great grasp of the details. No we add Iron Maiden for the overall view and we have the perfect history lesson!

@mace8873

4 жыл бұрын

I second that notion!

Harald has to be one of my favourite historical characters of all time, up there with Caesar.

Cool! A second part following Hadrada into Britain would be great!

Sweyn should have used his second line to flank once his first line pinned Hardrada's ships. Did the hammer and anvil strategy die with Alexander?

magnificent story !

Need these more often please haha

I never realized what a legend Harold was.

Thanks

Hey man love your work. Just wondering if you could maybe do some more videos on battles between ecgbert, Alfred the great and more of the viking kings etc 8th 9th 10th century. Battles of edington englefield, Reading, ellandun, cynwit. Just to name a few

The guy who narrates these is *so* good. There are other channels that try to copy the style, and while they still make good videos, the narrator is just trying and failing to be this guy.

@danboud8135

6 жыл бұрын

My man!

@InvisibleTower

6 жыл бұрын

*click* Yes!

i enjoyed your video , your channel are the best

Can you do the battle of narva and the great northern war, some time in the future?