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The storm that saved Wessex, how Alfred the Great survived Guthrum and the Viking pincer movement
In 877 a coordinated Viking assault led by Guthrum and Ubba nearly trapped Alfred of Wessex in a devastating pincer movement. This chapter traces the storm that shattered a fleet, the winter strike at ...
Before Alfred the Great, there was Æthelwulf — the king who faced the first full force of Viking invasion. He fought them at sea, on land, and held Wessex together when England was divided.
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