Battle of Stamford Bridge

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Known of: part of the Viking invasions of England
Location: Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Result: Decisive English victory
Unique unit in the game: Viking berserker - A later folk story has it that a giant Norse axeman blocked the narrow crossing, and single-handedly held up the entire Saxon army. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that this axeman cut down up to 40 Englishmen. He was only defeated when an English soldier floated under the bridge in a half-barrel and thrust his spear through the laths in the bridge, mortally wounding the axeman.

Battle of Stamford Bridge map

Sides Norman England
Leader Harald Hardrada
Tostig Godwinson
Harold Godwinson
Army 6000 15 000