Another reason that William won was that he had skilful and well trained men on horse back, who were very good at fighting. This is what put Harold in such a difficult place. But to make it even harder, Harald Hardraada and Tostig (another man who wanted to be king), and teamed up and were waiting in the south to fight with Harold – the king.
Being put in this position, Harold’s spies told him that William was waiting for in the North. Harold chose to go south to Stamford Bridge to meet Harald Hardraada and Tostig.
Harold choosing to go south to Stamford Bridge, the journey made Harold’s troops very tired and they would find it very difficult to fight.
The battle at Stamford Bridge, was a great success, as Harold won, but most of his best
fighters, had died or were injured, so they were tired and needed a rest.
The wind changed, which allowed Williams troops to cross the channel at a time when Harold’s troops were away in the north. At this time, Harold had to make another very difficult decision again. He chose to fight William.
The Normans prepared very carefully. They brought with them a useful mixture of well equipped foot-soldiers, archers and Calvary.
William, having time to prepare his troops, he arranged them carefully and used tactics, to keep his men skilful in the battle.
Harold being lucky for once was at the top of the hill, of where he was fighting with William.
In the middle of the battle against William, Harold was killed. The English were weak without a leader, and so William became king. William won the battle because he was fresher, and was a more skilful king than Harold.
One of the reasons William won the battle of Hastings, was that he had a lot more time to prepare his troops tactics, unlike Harold, who had a lot of bad luck, having to fight two people during nine days.