Vikings were the worst warriors in history.

>conquered England 3 times
>conquered Scotland
>conquered Ireland
>conquered Russia
>conquered Normandy
>were the Byzantine empire's most elite warriors
>extorted 60 million pounds of silver from Western Europe
>shit warriors
Explain.

>>1566556
Nice alternative history mate don't forget to mention they conquered entire Asia and went to space.

>>1566561
That reminds me, I forgot to mention they discovered America

>>1566564
Yeah that one is actually true. What I wonder is where did you get the ''conquered England three times'' or ,,coquered Russia'' from not to mention they got Normandy from Franks to serve as buffer zone they didn't fucking conquer it.

>>1566585
>''conquered England three times''
Great Heathen Army
Sweyn Forkbeard
Cnut the Great
>or ,,coquered Russia''
Rurik
>from not to mention they got Normandy from Franks to serve as buffer zone they didn't fucking conquer it
...After they had been occupying it for decades. Sure.

>>1566597
How can vikingboos both claim Rurik was invited by the Slavs and conquered Russia? Makes no fucking sense also there are no records of any battles involving vikings in Russia so you pulled it out of your ass.

>>1566597
You forgot to mention when they were occupying Normandy Franks didn't even try to force them out and all vikings did is kill a bunch of monks. Such fucking conquest.

>>1566603
Rurik was invited to the city of Novgorod, he conquered Kiev and his descendants conquered the rest of Russia.

>>1566543
Christian monks were the worst warriors in history. Prove me wrong.

>>1566556
>vikings
>actually just Norse

>>1566616
Wow his descendants who married with the locals. Such vikings. Kill yourself.

Wouldn't the written history be biased against vikings because it was mostly written by monks who they sometimes raided?

>>1566631
People who were raided by Mongols hated them yet everyone knows they were great conquerors. Vikings were just inept at warfare.

>>1566628
And there was still a constant stream of Scandinavian warriors into the armies of the Rurikid princes

>>1566675
Source would be nice.

Vikings were dog shit

>HURR MUH CHRISTIAN SLAYERS XD
>except Rollo converted
>except Sweyn Forkbeard converted
>except almost every notable viking leaded converted

it's hard for stormfags to understand that they raided monks because they were easy pray not because muh pagan way of life

also it's worth noting they got rekt by SHORE GUARD in 820 and run away after losing only five guys. Such brave warriors.

>>1566556
>conquered Normandy

They didnt though
They received it after a shameful defeat because the French king thought they would be great fodder to protect his coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Chartres_(911)

has scandi ever been invaded, ever?

inb4 hitler, he was prussian

>>1566800
>inb4 hitler, he was prussian
he wasn't.

he was austrian, get your facts straight prussianboo autist

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>>1566873
>koningberg will rise again

>>1566800
>hitler
>prussian

>>1566543
>be Christcucks
>oppress Pagans for hundreds of years, torture them and kidnap their children to force conversions
>get attacked by viking Pagans in retaliation
>cry about it
>get oppressed by Muslims
>retaliate against them like the Vikings retaliated against you, start muh crusades
>it's okay though because muh rightful holy lands
>implying the entirety of Europe isn't rightfully Pagan

>>1566938
>let's ignore the fact that vikings converted xD
>let's ignore Sweyn building churches xD

>>1566556
Don't forget conquered and held half of Italy (the southern half) for long ass time.

>>1567017
And created one of the most enlightened cultures of its time there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman-Arab-Byzantine_culture

>>1567081
If Normans were vikings then Americans are British.

>>1567416
Ok, but these Normans and their accomplishments wouldnt have existed without the Norse in the first place.

>>1567432
That's true and the US wouldn't exist without Europeans so I guess we can say England landed on the moon.

We wuz:
>Italians
>English
>Russians
>Byzantines
>French
n shieeet!

>>1566597
Rurik didn't actually conquer Novgorod or Ladoga, he was appointed as a ruler. His domain was fairly small, not nearly the breadth of modern Russia, and his cretinous system of inheritance was what allowed the Rus' to fall under the Mongol yoke.

>>1566938
t. angry cult member

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>>1566800
prussiaboos are JUST tier

>>1566938
get out from the board paganshit

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>>1566556

>>1567534
>being interested in Vikings means you're a Neopagan

KYS

>>1566543
>Battle of Stamford Bridge

The Norwegians were taken by surprise by a force outnumbering them by thousands of men, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that a single warrior held up the English army until he was slain.
I'm not claiming Vikings were an unstoppable military force they obviously werent, but this meme that they were somehow far less capable than their contemparies is fucking stupid.

>>1567723
But vikings were all about surprise attacks themselves. Now when the role is reversed it suddenly doesn't count? Lmao.