{"id":24762,"date":"2023-05-23T09:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T07:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=232230"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:12:53","slug":"william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"William the Conqueror\u2019s invasion plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Rebecca Tyson reexamines William the Conqueror\u2019s 1066 invasion plans \u2013 and explores the huge challenges his forces faced in crossing the Channel <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dr David Musgrove\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>William the Conqueror famously defeated King Harold at the battle of Hastings in 1066. But in order to achieve this victory, he first had to get his army (and some 2000 horses) across the sea from Normandy. So how exactly did he manage that gargantuan task? Speaking to David Musgrove, Rebecca Tyson reveals how a wealth of maritime knowledge and experience was required to pull off this extraordinary feat.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-232230-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/williamtheconquerorsinvasionplans-fd45374.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/williamtheconquerorsinvasionplans-fd45374.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/williamtheconquerorsinvasionplans-fd45374.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Help us develop the HistoryExtra podcast offering by taking part in our latest research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/immediateinsiders.com\/uc\/admin\/b7a7\/?a=1&amp;b=&amp;c=3&quot;\">Get started now<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Rebecca Tyson reexamines William the Conqueror\u2019s 1066 invasion plans \u2013 and explores the huge challenges his forces faced in crossing the Channel <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24763,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/05\/william-the-conquerors-invasion-plans.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Rebecca Tyson reexamines William the Conqueror\u2019s 1066 invasion plans \u2013 and explores the huge challenges his forces faced in crossing the Channel","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}