Why did William win the battle of hasting essay?

Answer 1

The Battle of Hastings was fought on the 14th of October 1066. The cause of the battle was because Edward the confessor died and left no heir to the throne, so three people wanted the place of being a king. The 1st person was Harald Hardrada; the 2nd person was William duke of Normandy and Harold Godwinson. Harold Godwinson actually got the place of being the king so the others weren't happy. They made a plan each to take over England. William was the main problem. The battle of Hastings began and about half way through it Harold got shot in the eye with an arrow. Then William won the battle. But why...

There are many reasons for William winning the battle. My strongest point is the equipment and men they had and also the way they used it. Harold's team had tired men who weren't trained to the best of their abilities like the fyrd, they were only part time who were only called to battle when there was a situation in England, and therefore they aren't that used to battle. On the other hand Harold had House Carls which were full time and well trained and used to battle. But William had the cavalry which the English didn't have and also William had archers which were very good so they will have taken out a lot of English as well.

Harold didn't have the right equipment either whereas William had loads of equipment, probably more than enough. They will have had more arrows, more weapons, more everything. About half of Harold's army died before the battle which didn't help.

Another reason is that before the battle, Harold fought the battle of Stamford Bridge. Harold lost most of his best men there; also his men were very tired so they were slower getting to the battle therefore William's men were more prepared. And some of Harold's army got left behind on the trip down to Hastings.

William's army played a little trick on Harold's army which was basically the final straw. William's army pretended to flee so many of Harold's men turned to retreat but as they did William and his army turned back and fired which got rid of.