Finding time to declear war on people as diverse as Normans, Saxons,

Byzantines, Chudes, Bulgarians, Poles, Pechenegs, Swedes, Siciliain

Moors, Danes and Arab Muslims, he wrecked havoc all over Europe,
from the Orkney Islands in the North Sea to the deserts of Armenia.
During a siege in Sicily, Lacking heavy Siege weapons, he made his
bird-catchers catch the small birds which had their nests within the
castle, flewing into the woods by day to get food for their young. He
had small splinters of tarred wood bound upon the backs of the birds,
smeared these over with wax and sulphur, and set fire to them. As
soon as the birds were let loose they all flew at once to the castle to
their young, and to their nests, which they had under the house roofs
that were covered with reeds or straw. The fire from the birds seized
upon the house roofs; and although each bird could only carry a small
burden of fire, yet all at once there was a mighty flame, caused by so
many birds carrying fire with them and spreading it widely among the
house roofs. Thus one house after the other was set on fire, until the
castle itself was in flames. Then the people came out of the castle and
begged for mercy; the same men who for many days had set at
defiance the Greek army and its leader. Harald himself reportedly
made himself Master of the castle. Another time, on the eve of a major
battle, the staff officers advised him to retreat and not lead his troops
into battle, for fear of the superiority of opponents. Harald disagreed
and ordered a general attack with the words "I prefer to die standing
than live kneeling." In another similar case, the Varangians of Harald
dug a tunnel. Due to the hard ground, forced to divert for many days
the flow of a small river to soften the soil. The defenders did not
realized because it was committed to accept attacks from other parts
of the Byzantine army. Not having plans of the city interior, the tunnel
ended in a dining room where they ate and rested soldiers of the
defenders. Immediately the Varangians overpowered them, and some
ran to open the gates, forcing the city to surrender. Before throwing
their leader in the sea. Quoting the Historian Snorri Sturlason: "The
Varangians were like wolfs in a herd of sheeps" Snorri had this to say
about Harald: physically larger than other men and stronger with light
hair and beard, a long "upper beard" (moustache), and that one of his
eyebrows was somewhat higher situated than the other. He also
reportedly had big hands and feet, and was 7 feet tall. his height is
also confirmed by the 11th century historian Henry of Huntingdon. Still
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