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395 – Rearranging the Deck chairs on HMS England

The British History Podcast

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The Battle of London

The english used the last month or so to cram as many soldiers and fighters into london. The city was brimming over with warriors, which gives the imp sion that there must have been some sort of mustering of a new fur. So i wonder if they were fearing that they might meet the same end as king harold godwinson. And it wasn't long before a detachment of 500 knights arrived on the southern outskirts of london. According to poitier, this was the final straw. They marched across london bridge, intent on finally bringing the fightd ly to these invading norman and their silly little ponies.

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