Harald Hardrada: Battle of Nisa 1062 AD

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[@kravoss1856]

Haralds life is literally mount and blade

[@Wubbeyman]

Kravoss that's exactly what I was thinking

[@twiliblade]

he rose far, but fell fast at stanford

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

LESS TALKING MORE RAIDING

[@vinhny2406]

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

[@dylanpalmer1153]

Haakon looks upset.

[@HistoryMarche]

One of my favorite historical figures. Wonderful work!

[@disputedname]

Yes I love Svend Estridsen too!

[@JoseFrancois]

You two have to do a collaboration episode.

[@martinzyka6432]

"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]

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

[@verdiss7487]

Byzantine court politics man, not even once...

[@73hd99w]

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

[@JayzsMr]

Less chance to be blinded and castrated

[@adrianaustin7153]

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

[@Glasscreeper]

Time to watch more boxes fight other boxes.

[@CHarveyProductions]

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

[@gQuaresma07]

lol

[@loveless8241]

Glasscreeper Boxes in longboats!

[@juliascythe]

Boxes in ovals?! What is this trickery?

[@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333]

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

[@patrykjaron353]

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]

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

[@williamreich963]

Poul Anderson wrote a masterful fictional biography of HH.

[@danielgreen6302]

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]

Harald Hardrada the original murderhobo

[@Bobahat]

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.

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

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]

not forgetting that he explored the north of europe.

[@priscillapena3366]

Most people then? You mean most people in general.

[@Georgieastra]

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

[@torbjrnlund903]

@@centurionyt4472 It was an arrow in the neck.

[@centurionyt4472]

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

[@jonharper8963]

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

[@jeanduhamel9101]

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

[@RiftZM]

+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]

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

[@ThatIcelandicDude]

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]

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?

[@ICrazySkills]

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

[@RambleOn07]

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

[@jevinliu4658]

+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]

Byzantine court intrigue was especially dangerous.

[@johnsmitty7447]

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]

@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.

[@SuperOllie1993]

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]

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.

[@MarcAlcatraz]

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]

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

[@lookwaticando909]

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

[@Bratzernnjr]

Claystead I would love to read it!

[@Bratzernnjr]

Both actually

[@JMThought]

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. :)

[@Masterchieftsh]

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!

[@Wanderer628]

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]

Hear hear! Early Modern Period!

[@Thortawar]

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

[@Wooperjr]

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

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

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

[@Frontline_view_kaiser]

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

[@Haggin]

"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.

[@historigraph]

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

[@denniscleary7580]

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]

I second!

[@hola720]

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

[@denniscleary7580]

Isaac 👍

[@massaweed420]

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]

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

[@cipher88101]

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

[@MrGabe45rlima]

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.

[@igueiredo]

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

[@juanes1182]

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

[@arawn1061]

Hårdråde

[@monkeyton5]

Hard-Ruler

[@hardc00re10]

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.

[@MrEpic325]

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

[@lucasmuller819]

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

[@kalashnikov5038]

Oh my god, finally.

[@Stringbean219]

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

[@sdolby1]

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

[@MajinVegeto89]

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

[@blueblade6174]

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

[@thresh86]

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.

[@romulusnuma116]

#Magnusdidnothingwrong

[@marcbaker2592]

Heretic

[@ilmevavi1112]

#BlameErebus

[@vide0viwer]

#BlameLorgar

[@a05odst62]

HERETIC

[@khorneberserker]

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

[@iupetre]

Outstanding work as always! Thank you!

[@lukelamb3293]

Love these little shows!! Thank you l

[@agusmaroli8645]

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

[@fulminatus6241]

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.

[@95121438]

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

[@jaimeolguin3887]

Love your story telling keep up the great work!

[@fkerpants]

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

[@justiniani3314]

1015 - 1066 RIP

[@eggboy4276]

this needs more likes

[@justiniani3314]

EggBoy thanks brother

[@tomchch]

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

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar9113]

As always magnificent work

[@mynamesvlad]

Love those notes at the end!

[@timotg91]

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

[@chukstristan3605]

Magnus is one petty SOB. I love him! 😂

[@terryriches1]

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

[@danielclarke6085]

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

[@spyrojyro7202]

Glad to see more videos.

[@mikebejjani8408]

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

[@gianlucaborg195]

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

[@hughtravels929]

Fascinating thanks for the history lesson

[@robertocabrera2030]

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

[@Simo-U48]

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!

[@Toomaaaz]

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

[@happywarrior7126]

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

[@RespawnM]

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]

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!

[@TheNyxmaster]

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 !

[@nomMascot]

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.

[@jomurico89]

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

[@hollawar1391]

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

[@iamthesenate7394]

It’s my birthday today and BazBattles comes out with a new video? Today is a good day.

[@imperialityofserbia5138]

NOT YET.

[@nambr9]

Happy bd man!

[@Schwansz]

Thanks for another fantastic video!

[@AmrodOfDale]

I missed these!!!

[@Dan-jj2vr]

Ahh a naval battle, quite original nice job!

[@atomickrispies]

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.

[@minhquantran9563]

first naval battle good baz new ideas coming

[@connorgolden4]

Another fantastic video!

[@leloupdessteppes3228]

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

[@tomurg]

Love your vids about Scandinavian history 👍👍

[@somalisavage3714]

tomurg He needs a tv series

[@tomurg]

Khal Drogo Hardrada you mean?

[@somalisavage3714]

tomurg Yes

[@tomurg]

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

[@somalisavage3714]

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

[@judsonwall8615]

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!

[@Andrew-hl3tk]

Need these more often please haha

[@vinodvarghese78]

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]

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

[@hevnervals]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@MrSami-tv6vl]

Great . hope for more .

[@gearsolidsnake8668]

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

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

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

[@MrDeadSignal]

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.

[@captainlag3537]

Awesome, as always

[@theolewell7535]

magnificent story !

[@MafiaKarnickel]

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

[@ilhamionur]

Siege of Vienna pls we have long waited for it.

[@lionelhutz5137]

Ah yes, the battle where Poland saved Europe

[@tomnow92]

I love this!

[@OsamaBinChillin]

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

[@ajdance8677]

Another great video! Could we see the battle of Bannockburn?

[@ThoseColoniesAreMine]

Wow, I've not seen a viking naval battle, especially not like this in a video before, I like it!

[@Luredreier]

Eh, it was never truly outdated as such, it was more a case of it falling out of favour in part due to being used wrong. The longship has its strengths and weaknesses, it continued being better then any other ships for landing troops quickly at a location then later ship designs being able to handle shallow water much better then other ships. Its speed in open sea was also a challenge for enemies. However modern ships with forcastle and aft-castle etc just had a significant advantage in ship vs ship combat vs the longship by giving archers a higher vantage point and giving the melee soldiers a easily defensible high ground vs the longships that was relatively close to the water. The raised aft and stern of the viking ships where nowhere near as raised as the for and aft castle of ships further south. The Norwegian longships where completely crushed by the Hanseatic League in part because of the differences in ship designs. However the main design features of the longships as well as the knarr remained in Norwegian shipbuilding tradition long into the 1800s and the viking ships where mainly replaced due to scarcity of the old wood types used to make them.

[@collectorduck9061]

What is this wood of a certain type that became scarce?

[@Luredreier]

+ Collector Duck I don't remember the English word... But basically the old ships where made with a type of wood that when you cut with an axe along the length of the tree trunk towards the core of the trunk would split very easily making sort of "triangular" planks very easy to make. However with that tree sort becomming rare we had to resort to other types of wood that did not have this property forcing us to use saws to effectivly make planks. Hum, a quick google for the tecknique showed this as the first result: www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_woodworking_riving.htm The second result was this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2KVgYFunMaEars In that video "oak" is mentioned. I think perhaps "oak" was one of the tree sorts that used to be used.

[@Hixaren2]

Wow, I had no Idea Harald hardrada had a battle there. I grow up in Halmstad and never heard of this battle. Thank you for enligthing me! Know were I could read more about this?

[@forp1984]

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

[@sirjoey3137]

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

[@erik8467]

great video as always!

[@alexbeedie6940]

I never realized what a legend Harold was.

[@palken123456789]

Another great job!

[@SchwartzerAdler]

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]

I second that notion!

[@nevereven5636]

Harald Hardrada had such an exciting life!

[@ZEGTHEFISH]

A battle on water? I've never thought about how these would be done, very cool.

[@Coupal1]

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

[@triniyoshin]

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

[@snakethepeg7828]

Well played magnus, well played

[@InvisibleTower]

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]

My man!

[@InvisibleTower]

*click* Yes!

[@shrekzebee4435]

Can you do more of these medieval naval battles?

[@kenllacer]

This guy is so badass, he's been crusading on his own before it was even a thing!

[@rofl0rblades]

The moment you hear the calm intro music in the background of the introduction ..........

[@Jijkgf]

i enjoyed your video , your channel are the best

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice to know more about the Norse King prior to his death in 1066.