What was duke William's plan?

Answer 1

On the 14th October 1066 William Duke of Normandy's Army had fought, Killed and Defeated the English Harold Godwinson and his army at the Great Battle of Hastings. This was major Part in British history. There Was a Number of reasons why Harold lost the battle and these specific reasons have been divided up into three groups, Harold's Bad luck, Williams Military Strengths and last of all The Tactics That worked for William and obviously didn't work for Harold.

Harold had more than his fair share of bad luck in 1066; nothing seemed to go right for him. He was unfortunate enough to have two battles in a short space of time. This meant he had lost a large amount of Weapons, Men and strength. After Harold's First Battle Up North Him and his army only had a Short Amount of time to heal and Get there energy back. As they had walked about 200-300 miles all the men had sore feet and were not in the greatest Conditions. Also, properly the height of bad luck was when Harold got hit in the eye with an arrow! Another Bad luck was that William Had Not invaded When Harold Expected him to Because Of the wind Witch meant Harold Was waiting At the Wrong end of the country for an invasion!

In 1066 The Normans Had better military equipment than The Saxons. The Normans Biggest military Strengths were Their Cavalry and Their Archers. The Mounted Part of the Army was a big Advantage for the Normans as The Saxons Fought on foot and they could Trample Any Saxons that got too close! Also as Harold's Army Was on the hill, Duke William and His Cavalry Could Charge Up the hill faster than they could on foot. Their Other Big advantage Was Their Archers. These played A Huge Part in the outcome of the battle. They Showered the Saxons with Arrows and this was when Harold Got hit. The Archers Could Also stay in their positions and Attack without worrying what the Saxons would do!

Duke William's Tactic also influenced the outcome of the battle. The Norman was very cunning with their tactics and this was the main reason they won the battle. The Archers were a great Plus to Williams Army. The Archers Could Find a way around the Saxons Wall of shields with their great idea of "Showering" The Saxons with arrows and Harold's Army could Either Put their Shields Over their Heads to Protect from Another arrow Attack or they could protect themselves from The Foot Solders and The Cavalry by putting them in front of them. This was Very Dangerous for Harold. One of Williams Best Ideas Was to get the Saxons off the hill and it was an Extremely Cunning and Sly idea. He Told His Army to suddenly retreat And Look Surprised and scared. Then The Saxons Got A bit Too happy about it And they Ran down the hill Disrupting their Wall of shields to Slaughter the fleeing Normans. But this Backfired Badly on Harold as Halfway down the Hill William Turned his army on the Saxons while they Weren't In formation and Killed a Fair Few of them.

Answer 2

His plan was to invade England.

Answer 3

you had to go and die for god sakes