Battle of Poitiers 1356 - Hundred Years' War DOCUMENTARY

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    Kings and Generals animated historical animated documentary series on the Hundred Years' War continues with a video on the battle of Poitiers 1356. In the aftermath of the battle of Crecy ( • Battle of Crecy 1346 -... ), the king of France Philip VI and the king of England Edward wrestle for dominance using diplomacy and involving the Pope and the king of Navarre Charles II. However, as diplomacy failed, England restarted the war and the king's son Edward the Black Prince embarked on the Grand Chevauchee of 1355, which eventually leads to the famous battle of Poitiers. More episodes of this Anglo-French War are on the way, with the videos on Poitiers, La Rochelle, Agincourt, Orleans, Formigny, and Castillon.
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  Před 3 lety +115

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    • @jungyangheng1405
      @jungyangheng1405 Před 3 lety +3

      When is Napoleonic wars ever coming out again

    • @jacksonguillory8114
      @jacksonguillory8114 Před 3 lety

      WE GOT POITIERS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    • @fathfez7991
      @fathfez7991 Před 3 lety +6

      Please consider this as a humble advice. I know it may be just a typo, but it's *Poitiers,* just the basic spelling actually but it's quite important as a title.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 3 lety +7

      @@fathfez7991 fixed, thanks!

    • @fathfez7991
      @fathfez7991 Před 3 lety +1

      @@KingsandGenerals Happy to help!

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 Před 3 lety +2836

    If the Hundred Years War was a fictional story, the author would be accused of giving the English too much plot armour.

    • @lessssssgooooo
      @lessssssgooooo Před 3 lety +87

      @wulpurgis what you mean hes based asf

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 Před 3 lety +270

      ...Until the last two seasons...

    • @yaldabaoth2
      @yaldabaoth2 Před 3 lety +63

      Just wait for the third book in that trilogy.

    • @ambrosiogiovanni6952
      @ambrosiogiovanni6952 Před 3 lety +108

      @wulpurgis Anti-semite? Dude, keep your modern ideas and concepts out of the middle ages. At that time everyone hated everyone, it was a brutal time.

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Před 3 lety +136

      @@ambrosiogiovanni6952 Umm no. There was absolutely massive amounts of anti semitism in middle aged Europe. That is not whatsoever a modern concept. As early as 900 ad England had forced expulsions and minor genocides.

  • @FusionCoreHoarder
    @FusionCoreHoarder Před 3 lety +1078

    "Due to Jean's fear of a second Crecy"
    A few moments later: Exactly a worse version of Crecy

    • @notcannon1285
      @notcannon1285 Před 3 lety +46

      @Rex Duterte / FiliPinochet Crecy didn’t have a king captured.

    • @LuisBrito-ly1ko
      @LuisBrito-ly1ko Před 2 lety +12

      @@notcannon1285
      It was a word play. Crazy -> Crecy

    • @Yrrecuperable
      @Yrrecuperable Před rokem

      Hay una canción española que reza:
      "Cada vez que me baño...
      se tupe el baño...
      y por eso me baño...
      una vez al año.
      El rey Jean aplicó la misma idea en Puatiers

    • @rg7535
      @rg7535 Před 9 měsíci

      Well, no one could accuse the Valois lineage of being intelligent and strategic.

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 Před 3 lety +590

    "Charles the Bad" I hate that I can't stop thinking of this lord wearing his crown backwards and entering his great hall on a skateboard.

  • @FurobaOA
    @FurobaOA Před 3 lety +889

    French knights are the OG Leeroy Jenkins of the medieval world.

  • @mrbluesky744
    @mrbluesky744 Před 3 lety +866

    I mean Crécy is a catastrophic battle but Poitier just pisses me off so much more as a french. It's like they didn't learn anything from their previous defeat. At least at Azincourt they tried to counter the english tactic. They failed, but they tried

    • @mrbluesky744
      @mrbluesky744 Před 3 lety +58

      @wulpurgis "the war to end all wars"

    • @enesbasol1756
      @enesbasol1756 Před 3 lety +86

      It is not about countering English tactics. It is about the low morale, disunity, poor discipline and poor coordination of the French troops.

    • @Conorp77
      @Conorp77 Před 3 lety +55

      The French believed their chivalry would trump all. 'We have assembled one of the largest armies in western Europe, how can they not break when charged?'
      One thing they did change between Crecy and Poitiers was to armour their horses more heavily to resist the archers, and this combined with how depleted the Black Princes' supplies were, they couldn't believe they were in any position to resist. The English actually began feeding wine to their horses as there was no more water to give them. King Jean himself joining the battle with his son the Dauphin was the great committal.

    • @mrbluesky744
      @mrbluesky744 Před 3 lety +26

      @Joe Becker yes it sure played a big role in all of these defeats and especially Poitiers. I've also learned at university that it combined with the knights not wanting to wait for the orers of the king and attacking as soon as they saw the enemy because they considered unworthy for a knight to retreat

    • @mrbluesky744
      @mrbluesky744 Před 3 lety +2

      @@enesbasol1756 yeah you're right

  • @nathanmiller3126
    @nathanmiller3126 Před 3 lety +457

    Imagine how shitty the time was when literally half of Europe is wiped out by plague yet they resume warfare after and even during the plague lol

    • @greysson2933
      @greysson2933 Před 3 lety +139

      "One third to half of our population has been wiped out and our economy is in ruins."
      "Oh no! ..... Anyway."

    • @omarbradley6807
      @omarbradley6807 Před 3 lety +4

      Azerbajan did the same last year, and it worked.

    • @omarbradley6807
      @omarbradley6807 Před 3 lety +8

      @@EroticOnion23 Well, in any case it worked for the english. Also the troops have less fear from combat. As they would want to be killed in battle rather than in a "pandemic"

    • @imlaughinq7445
      @imlaughinq7445 Před 3 lety +13

      Just shows the stupidity and disregard for life of European monarchs

    • @thedudefromrobloxx
      @thedudefromrobloxx Před 3 lety +16

      Imagine having half your village killed by an apocalyptic disease, and a few years later after u have just come to terms with it some psychos ride in and pillage your home to the ground

  • @boldandbrash259
    @boldandbrash259 Před 3 lety +503

    They actually explained a whole weeks worth of lesson into 22 minutes
    Impressive

    • @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488
      @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 Před 3 lety +3

      Is it me but isk why but some schools are biased and make great islamic empires bad like we don't do jt does yr school do kt? That's why I use books and k g

    • @EM-tx3ly
      @EM-tx3ly Před 3 lety +1

      True

    • @trtvitor1385
      @trtvitor1385 Před 3 lety +14

      @@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 There's always one.

    • @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488
      @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 Před 3 lety +1

      @@trtvitor1385 one what?

    • @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488
      @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 Před 3 lety +1

      @Hashim Usman crusaders I personally don't like them and I think was it the k ight hospitallers their transformation into an order like templars is quiepte crazy but i still do hate crusaders

  • @alietemadi4454
    @alietemadi4454 Před 3 lety +110

    I'm not even French but watching this hurts

  • @ScorpoYT
    @ScorpoYT Před 3 lety +809

    English longbows are at it again

    • @marcdavis4509
      @marcdavis4509 Před 3 lety +82

      French arrogance gets them into trouble yet again.

    • @jagvillani338
      @jagvillani338 Před 3 lety +34

      Need to be nerfed in next patch.

    • @seifer64
      @seifer64 Před 3 lety +17

      @@marcdavis4509 french won the war

    • @walx274
      @walx274 Před 3 lety +78

      @@seifer64 you mean the franch , who had arguably one of the strongest armies on earth , a truely massive population (that absolutely dwarfed the english population) and for centuries had been either the or in the top 5 greatest powers of the world , lost battle after battle against the english
      a country with a minescule population relative to france , were considered no more prestigously than a small Balkan kingdom or for example denmark
      who went on to absoulety destroy the french for 100 years in some of the most famous wars of history
      and only lost in the end after the english began to suffer from illness and france finally gained competence and began doing what everyone expected them to do , win ,
      the french should'nt really be proud of the hundred's years war , it was a military failiure that lasted 100 years that should of been won in 10 years
      its like if for example canada goes out and absolutely destroys the USA in battle after battle for 100 years , and the USA only winning after 100 years
      could the USA be proud of that ?
      i get and understand many french people are proud over figures such as Joen of arch or other victories
      but as a whole the hundreds years war was an utter failure for the french and deposed the french from their pre eminent military power for hundreds of years up untill arguably the Napoleonic wars , which france still lost ,

    • @michaelrogers4157
      @michaelrogers4157 Před 3 lety +30

      @@walx274 Frances problem has almost always been utterly horrible leadership. Time and time again, throughout their history, we see France in a position where they have all the advantages one could want.
      More money, more men, better equipment, better infrastructure, home field advantage and even more time to prepare and act.
      But their leadership was so shite nine out of ten times, that it completely nullified all of their advantages.
      Screwing the pooch seems to be the real French legacy, militarily speaking anyway.

  • @ZeroSOFInfinity
    @ZeroSOFInfinity Před 3 lety +283

    Battle of Crecy:-
    English - I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!
    French - YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER!
    Battle of Poitiers
    English - I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND..... AGAIN!
    French - YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER..... AGAIN!

  • @Forgeroc
    @Forgeroc Před 3 lety +199

    For those who're thinking "They didn't learn from Crécy", etc. ; please remember that medieval poeple didn't approach war the same way we do nowadays. There is no military school or academy, war is basically taught by books, and more importantly war is seen as trial by ordeal. Baiscally you're going into battle whith a base plan, believing God is on your side, then you improvise.

    • @nolletthibault2031
      @nolletthibault2031 Před 3 lety +52

      It is also important to remember that the English army was a professional one, with actual soldiers (ie men with military training and salary whose job is to make war) led by captains appointed by the King. Meanwhile, the French King, because of his lack of power over his kingdom, can only count on an archaic structure, the ost, that provide an army with little to no cohesion and discipline.

    • @brekezek
      @brekezek Před 2 lety +16

      @@nolletthibault2031 Yes, this long war eventually changed that but French military organisation was totally outdated compared to the English

    • @hodgknob3545
      @hodgknob3545 Před 2 lety +31

      Medieval Battle in three steps:
      Step 1: Believe God is on your side.
      Step 2: Realize God is not on your side.
      Step 3: *Improvise*

    • @jameskorek9726
      @jameskorek9726 Před rokem +9

      @@brekezek The Normans created a new way of ordering and disciplining troops, and basically professionalised medieval warfare. Unfortunately for the French they hadn't been conquered by the Normans, so were stuck in a very basic feudal system. Their knights were strong, but without the co-ordination and discipline of the English they stood no chance.

    • @anderskorsback4104
      @anderskorsback4104 Před rokem +1

      Also, they did learn, in that they dismounted much of their knights. The initial heavy cavalry charge against longbowmen wasn't part of the plan, it was rather a response to the (incorrect) assessment that the English army was retreating. Had the French army had those mounted knights still in reserve during the later part of the battle, it might well have gone the other way.

  • @masterplokoon8803
    @masterplokoon8803 Před 3 lety +293

    French infantry: "we'll take them together you go slowly on the left..."
    French cavalry:" I'm taking NOW!"
    French infantry:" No! Cavalry no!" NO!"
    French cavalry:gets wrecked by longbows

    • @RodolfoGaming
      @RodolfoGaming Před 3 lety +13

      Instead of i'm taking now just put the french cav sayign lerooyyyy jeeennnkkiiinnnsss 😂😂

    • @RodolfoGaming
      @RodolfoGaming Před 3 lety +3

      @@TheMrcassina well the artillery won the war the cav alone was useful in certain situations but overall you vould see how the cav alone wouldn't cut it like in this video

    • @apoth90
      @apoth90 Před 3 lety +11

      You wouldn't believe how often exactly this happened in medieval history

    • @MichaelDavis-mk4me
      @MichaelDavis-mk4me Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheMrcassina Sure as shit ain't because they had great tactics though.

    • @MichaelDavis-mk4me
      @MichaelDavis-mk4me Před 3 lety +4

      @@TheMrcassina Knights killing themselves in random suicide charges is not though. I was talking about the cavalry.

  • @gorgon6680
    @gorgon6680 Před 3 lety +186

    The Northwestern village at 15:49 was giving the French really good advice.

  • @thomasrinschler6783
    @thomasrinschler6783 Před 3 lety +58

    Just so everyone knows, Charles the Bad got his just punishment in the end for all the evil acts he did. When he was older, he had a skin condition that his doctor ordered him to be sewn up from the neck down in cloth soaked in brandy each night. One night, the servant didn't have anything to cut the leftover thread with, so she decided to just use a candle and burn it away. Charles immediately caught fire and the servant fled in fear. Supposedly Charles survived several agonizing days before succumbing to the horrific burns he suffered...

    • @declanjones8888
      @declanjones8888 Před rokem +1

      Lmao, for guy who was starting to be pretty menacing he sure died in a embarrassing way.

  • @dylanferner-rose8355
    @dylanferner-rose8355 Před 3 lety +28

    That black plague sequence is just incredible, shows the scope of its spread in such a short amount of time.

  • @ericlewis3958
    @ericlewis3958 Před 3 lety +31

    I’ve probably watched about 30 of kings and generals videos and listened to their podcast, and the shear millions that have died on the battle field is bewildering

    • @kalebloshbough1551
      @kalebloshbough1551 Před 2 lety

      I wonder what the war death toll is for all wars

    • @LuisBrito-ly1ko
      @LuisBrito-ly1ko Před 2 lety

      @@kalebloshbough1551
      The actual number is probably unknown, considering that the oldest recorded battle, the Battle of Kadesh, is by no means the first one.

    • @tavenstrickert9658
      @tavenstrickert9658 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Well from what I just researched in just the twentieth-century roughly 231 million people died in war although I saw another number that estimated it was closer to around a hundred million which could be an indicator of combatants. The same article said that between 150 million and 1 billion which is quite the range have died in war as combatants across human history

  • @NYCfrankie
    @NYCfrankie Před 3 lety +79

    I've been really looking forward to this

  • @ReaperCH90
    @ReaperCH90 Před 3 lety +35

    Charles the bad would be 100% a Crusader Kings player today.

  • @greendragon2002
    @greendragon2002 Před 3 lety +27

    "The majority was ordered to dismount"
    Well obviously to avoid the over 50% cavalry to infantry ratio debuff.

    • @ghostbusters3225
      @ghostbusters3225 Před 3 lety +3

      Its clear the general didn't have enough shock pips

  • @PYRESATVARANASI
    @PYRESATVARANASI Před 3 lety +67

    My new favorite series of K&G 😎

  • @ieuanjones7615
    @ieuanjones7615 Před 3 lety +24

    Maybe it's just me who noticed, but the animation in the moving of troops looks much smoother now, i'm glad you guys are including the actual small movements of each unit now

  • @ofallmyintention9496
    @ofallmyintention9496 Před 3 lety +15

    French commanders at Poitiers: "Hey, I have a great idea: let's send small portions of our army forward so it's much easier for the English long bowman to mow us down. That strategy worked really well at Crecy."
    French commanders at Agincourt: "Hey, I have a great idea......"

  • @saudh8446
    @saudh8446 Před 3 lety +15

    man content like this for free feels criminal- I’m donating today

  • @Parthenon_NoviMundi
    @Parthenon_NoviMundi Před 3 lety +14

    The Battles of Crecy and Poitiers -
    Edward: It’s over Jean! I have the Highground!
    Jean: You underestimate my manpower!
    Edward: Don’t try it.
    Jean: *Forces get hammered*

  • @mprpo946
    @mprpo946 Před 3 lety +25

    This is the most accurate and historical accurate videos of the hundred years wars, and it seems finally we are going to have the full hundred years story in good historical order and not with gaps like so many make, congratulations for your excellent work and please continue with this item particularly ...

  • @somekindoflatindude9497
    @somekindoflatindude9497 Před 3 lety +26

    Battle of Poitiers 1356 or... When the French tried so hard to not repeat the mistakes at Crescy that they end up doing that anyways

  • @zackc3767
    @zackc3767 Před 3 lety +13

    Every time I hear Chevauchee and know what it means my medieval professor weeps a single tear.

    • @alex3987654
      @alex3987654 Před 3 lety +5

      Black Prince, can't be called neither à Knight nor a Prince hhaa, was just à ruthless killer. Even for this period i've the feeling he's acting more like à mongol general than à western warrior ^^ genghis Edward. His chevauche should rather be called : death march. And seeing his réaction against french army, can't say he's brave too ^

    • @cesareborgia6431
      @cesareborgia6431 Před 3 lety +9

      @@alex3987654 40 kms wide and 200 kms deep of pure devastation. Not only he destroyed 500 villages but also he burnt the suburbs of larger cities. The goal was not only to weaken France but also to loot. As this time war had started to become a profitable enterprise for the English. Lots of lesser nobles would lead bands of peasants and cutthroats and roamed France in the name of King Edward, some kind of land pirates.

    • @barissaaydinn
      @barissaaydinn Před rokem

      @@alex3987654 Do you think the Mongols were the only ones looting, and the Westerners were just chivalrously giving people flowers lol? This is war. Everyone is brutal. There is rape, pillaging, deaths of innocents in every one of them. The Black Prince is famous because he was doing this efficiently. The Mongols are famous because they were even more efficient. So, no. The Black Prince wasn't acting like a Mongol general. He was absolutely a western warrior. Because surprise, they also fought wars.

    • @alex3987654
      @alex3987654 Před rokem +1

      @@barissaaydinn I was reacting to the word "Knight", at this period, the "Knight code" was specific, with the way to fight etc.... It wasn't universal in western europe but that's what i highlighted, the Black Price was just someone doing guerilla, avoiding big fights and burning small or middle towns without walls, (because he wasn't unable to resist a regular fight following hits units/tactics). And wars is horrible yeap but Mongols wars were far more horrible than in western country. In any case, black prince won because the French response was too slow and unefective, once they changed their tactics against that, the chauvaucheed endeed really quickly. Anyway, Du Guesclin found the correct way to resist archers and chavauchee and took back everything that English won.

    • @barissaaydinn
      @barissaaydinn Před rokem +1

      @@alex3987654 Surely the people who actually created and believed in the knight code knew it better than we do today, and he was widely regarded as the most chivalrous knight at the time. This shows how arbitrary the chivalric code is. There was only the word of it. The Mongol warfare wasn't more horrific. They're just famous and conquered more. The Westerners didn't fight chivalrously whatsoever, either. It isn't just the black prince.

  • @roudrajitsarkar4983
    @roudrajitsarkar4983 Před 3 lety +28

    You guys are just awesome and DESERVE MORE

  • @sou713
    @sou713 Před 3 lety +11

    Edward of Woodstock is up there among my favourite historical figures of all time, for his military competence and sheer ruthlessness. That and, well, 'the Black Prince'. How badass is that.
    Shame he didn't get to be King.

  • @bradhuygens
    @bradhuygens Před 3 lety +9

    My god this video is quality. The editing, narration, music, information, research. 10/10 production value. I'm very impressed with how many quality vids this channel puts out

  • @jaggerstingley2634
    @jaggerstingley2634 Před rokem +2

    I came to this channel because I'm reading a historical fiction book during The Hundred Years Ear and The Black Death. These videos are so good, and my jaw dropped this episode with how English forces were able to stand their ground.

  • @floriandupont6057
    @floriandupont6057 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you so much for this and for your whole series on the Hundred Years' War. I'm French and I've been learning so much more in the past few days watching your channel than in my school years !

  • @triplem5770
    @triplem5770 Před 3 lety +19

    "Charles the Bad": "I called all you nobles here, to announce that........I'm tha ba'aaad guy"
    nobles: 0__o /:
    Charles:"....duh" *spends the next hour dancing in hall*

  • @pikachu-chan8893
    @pikachu-chan8893 Před 3 lety +49

    French Marshal Audrehem : The English is retreating ! Don't let them get away, charge !
    Me : Why this sounds so familiar ?

    • @forexdragon
      @forexdragon Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, Ney at Waterloo.

    • @kurumtelefon7148
      @kurumtelefon7148 Před 2 lety +1

      Goddam Ney.
      its much more annoying when you learn that he charged back and forth SIX TIMES

  • @robertburnett5561
    @robertburnett5561 Před 3 lety +17

    Tough recruiting duty. "Yes, a hundred years. But great benefits".

  • @antoinemonks4187
    @antoinemonks4187 Před 3 lety +7

    Can we acknowledge how underappreciated English mounted knights are? To hear the pop culture version of the hundred years war, one would think England didn't have any at all! And they were freaking decisive here!

    • @ogladaczr.t.3168
      @ogladaczr.t.3168 Před 2 lety +2

      well using cavalry as a "hammer" dates back to Alexander, or even his father Philip, and the fact of cavalry is, imo, not that important, I think the surprise and hammer-and-anvil factor is decisive. Nevertheless, the DISmounted english knights are, according to some scholars, the most important formation at the time, allowing archers to even be able to function in the first place.

  • @jozzieokes3422
    @jozzieokes3422 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks so much for uploading this particular battle in the series 👍🙏

  • @grandengineernathan
    @grandengineernathan Před 3 lety +16

    I really like that according to anglo saxons the 100 years war is crecy + poitiers + agincourt and then the english lost because they were busy elsewhere

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 Před 3 lety +1

      What are you talking about? This projection you have really needs to go away

    • @Belisarius1967
      @Belisarius1967 Před 3 lety

      @@lesdodoclips3915 And France winning had nothing to do with having 10 times the population of England !

  • @8thLegio
    @8thLegio Před 3 lety +1

    Love the shoutout for Thomas of Woodstock, he’s the ancestor of a lot of people here in New England! This series is your best yet!

  • @killian5570
    @killian5570 Před 3 lety +23

    As a Frenchman I must try: Nothing to see here, that's really the most boring part of 100 years war. Let's rush forward to Orleans, Patay and Castillon, clearly more interesting....
    All jokes aside, amazing video K&G!

    • @dabo5078
      @dabo5078 Před 3 lety +2

      The early part of the war was very humilliating. I am literally getting second-hand embarrassment.

    • @Swift-mr5zi
      @Swift-mr5zi Před 3 lety +1

      @@dabo5078 The French make a lot of progress in this war dw

  • @danielconde13
    @danielconde13 Před 3 lety +14

    Amazing story. I'm particularly interested in these tactics, for one of Portugal's most important battle of all time, the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota, opened precisely with a French knights charge, shattered by both funneling, traps, and nothing less than the participation of English longbowmen.
    A small demo of the Hundred Years War, during Portugal's finest hour, when fighting for its independence.

    • @Swift-mr5zi
      @Swift-mr5zi Před 3 lety +2

      Portugal had a lot of fine hours, I would argue its role against Napoleon was its finest

    • @danielconde13
      @danielconde13 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Swift-mr5zi don't argue with that, but during those dark days our independence wasn't threatened, since the Royal Family fled to Brazil, and Rio de Janeiro became _de_ _facto_ the capital city of the Portuguese Empire.

  • @hub59
    @hub59 Před 3 lety +6

    Really interesting, but watching this as a French is so painful :') can't wait to see an episode on the battle of Patay tho

  • @user-py8zm4pp7v
    @user-py8zm4pp7v Před 3 lety +4

    The best 22mins and 42 seconds of my day

  • @tuomaspirinen8018
    @tuomaspirinen8018 Před 3 lety +215

    I am really looking forward to the battles in the latter part of the war where the French turn the tables and start winning battle after battle -one of the most dramatic reversals in the world history. The French victories are never covered in most media, I know K&G will do them justice!

    • @johnrockwell5834
      @johnrockwell5834 Před 3 lety +11

      Too bad they didn't have the opportunity to also turn the table on nomad Cumans. There were 2 battles where French Knights got felled at Battle of Adrianople 1205 and the Battle of Nicopolis 1396.
      At Adrianople they were lured by the Horse Archer Cumans into a trap their aggressiveness led to their downfall. At Nicopolis also their aggressiveness led to their downfall.
      Would have liked to see how they would have countered the Mongol army at their height.

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 Před 3 lety +20

      @@johnrockwell5834 at Nicopolis, there were no cumans involved, only ottomans Turks.
      And Thrace never was an important issue - to say the least - for medieval french kings : when a campaign was a failure, there was no need to insist.

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 Před 3 lety +9

      Never covered?! They are in every history book, loads of TV shows and on the internet.
      It still saddens me that Normandy, Aquitaine and Gasony is occupied by a foreign power after all this time

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 Před 3 lety +31

      @@JohnyG29
      Well, apart from Joan of Arc campaign, there's nearly nothing in mainstream medias.
      Not a single movie or serie about Formigny or Castillon indeed, not even concerning Du Guesclin campaigns ; of course there are history books covering the subject, but really nothing in mainstream medias.

    • @sausagejockyGaming
      @sausagejockyGaming Před 3 lety +37

      the french victories arent covered as much in media as they arent as glorious, in every battle the french outnumber the English, the french always have far more knights etc so when the French won its sorta like 'yeah i expect they should win that' but when the English won its more 'omg this tiny army smashed a huge french force'.

  • @jrodriguez1374
    @jrodriguez1374 Před 3 lety +15

    Are we not going to talk about 1:55?
    "It's a whole new balls game"?
    Fucking excellent 😎

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 Před 3 lety +4

    I love how the Manscaped ads have been extremely ironic but on point at the same time

  • @lukestevens8509
    @lukestevens8509 Před 3 lety +11

    This has made my day. Just brilliant, I feel I should have heard of this battle, being English and all. Surprised its not has well known has Agincourt. Thanks kings and generals

    • @nolletthibault2031
      @nolletthibault2031 Před 3 lety +1

      I hope you also keep in mind what the video said about the English behaviour in French countryside, which essentially consisted in murdering defenceless civilians by the thousands. I don't think this is remembered in England as well as english effictiveness on the battlefield.

    • @ramboo136
      @ramboo136 Před 3 lety

      @@nolletthibault2031 So did Wiliam the Conqueror in the North of England. But you are 100% right about the Black Prince murdering innocent people.

    • @test-201
      @test-201 Před 11 měsíci

      @@nolletthibault2031 good im glad we did

  • @tomasbarber1498
    @tomasbarber1498 Před 3 lety +8

    Love this time period

  • @deteon1418
    @deteon1418 Před 3 lety +3

    Great video!
    Your animation seems better than usual!

  • @aidabagirova4933
    @aidabagirova4933 Před 3 lety

    Oh, wonderful series. Thank you for the video, KnG!

  • @opperturk124
    @opperturk124 Před 3 lety

    Always gotta love it when k&g makes a new video

  • @jamellfoster6029
    @jamellfoster6029 Před 3 lety +9

    A spat amongst cousins became a huge series of war lasting more than a century (Edward III & John II were 2nd cousins as Edward's Mom, Isabella was the 1st cousin of Phillip VI of France who was also the uncle of Edward III's Queen, Phillipa of Hainault)....

    • @Mankorra_Gomorrah
      @Mankorra_Gomorrah Před 3 lety +2

      In fact their very familial relationship was exactly what started the entire thing. It was less a spat between cousins and more an inheritance dispute with the fate of one of the most powerful countries on the continent at the time hanging in the balance.

  • @fathfez7991
    @fathfez7991 Před 3 lety +3

    It's amazing! The ad pun killed me though 😭😂

  • @Michael-zz2xp
    @Michael-zz2xp Před 3 lety +1

    im addicted to your videos and now gonna get me some merch

  • @Arthurboy777
    @Arthurboy777 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing content as always ! ♥️♥️ Someone needs to make a 100 years war historically accurate game or series already 😭😭

  • @johngallagher9151
    @johngallagher9151 Před 3 lety +8

    Could you make a series on the battles of Carthage's expansion into Spain, Sicily, and Sardinia? Or maybe a series on The Last Roman or Age of Charlemagne and all the battles that took place during those times?

  • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
    @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Před 3 lety +4

    Can't wait for Agincourt!

  • @user-io6mo7cy3i
    @user-io6mo7cy3i Před 3 lety

    Awesome series, looking forward to the next one

  • @TIME12308
    @TIME12308 Před 3 lety +1

    Finally another 100 years war video thx alot!!! :D

  • @andrewmurphy1774
    @andrewmurphy1774 Před 3 lety +6

    There should be a video on the Battle of Sluys!!! It was a pivotal naval victory for Edward III in the early stages of the Wars!

    • @andrewmurphy1774
      @andrewmurphy1774 Před 3 lety +6

      @@TheMrcassina Yes, but I would argue that England’s defeat in the hundreds years wars was inevitable. France had way more resources than English.

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheMrcassina The war ended over a hundred years after sluys...

    • @andrewmurphy1774
      @andrewmurphy1774 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lesdodoclips3915 I understand, but that still doesn’t mean it wasn’t a pivotal battle in the early stages of the Wars (please read the comment above ) Sluys allowed the English control of the channel and prevented France from pillaging the coast of England. These two things would be reasons why Charles V would turn the early phase of the wars in favor of France, but I’m getting ahead in the story.

    • @andrewmurphy1774
      @andrewmurphy1774 Před 3 lety +1

      The Kings of France during the hundreds years wars. Phillip VI, Jean II, the three Charles ( Charles V, VI, VII), and finally Louis XI!!

  • @dogeofgreatness2222
    @dogeofgreatness2222 Před 3 lety +5

    The effectiveness of the English longbowmen remind me of Age of Empires 2, where I'd wall up and produce a bunch of them and let the AI spam units into the Longbow fire and the bodies would just pile up there making for great visuals.

  • @HistoryJunkie
    @HistoryJunkie Před 3 lety

    Another great video, keep em coming!

  • @mancroft
    @mancroft Před 3 lety

    Superb, as usual! Thank you.

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Před 3 lety +67

    Spoiler alert: In season 1, the English won the war. In season 2, the French won the war. In the Lost Episodes, the Kingdom of Castile joined the Hundred Years' War with its own civil war.

    • @masterplokoon8803
      @masterplokoon8803 Před 3 lety +6

      Don't forget about the Portuguese arc of the war (the 1383-1385 crisis)

    • @RodolfoGaming
      @RodolfoGaming Před 3 lety +1

      @@masterplokoon8803 thank you

    • @rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913
      @rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913 Před 3 lety +4

      Castilla, Spain, helped the french with his Armada defeating the English Navy at La Rochelle and taking controll over the Channel, and in fact te Castillian Armada raided all mayor english south cities and went up the Thames river to raid the south of London.

    • @RodolfoGaming
      @RodolfoGaming Před 3 lety

      @@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913 and then promptly joined the english side too and then Peter I was ousted for the house of Trastamara in the corpulent form of Henry II

    • @rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913
      @rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913 Před 3 lety +1

      @@RodolfoGaming Castilla didnt join the english side since in the previus castillian dinastic war, the side helped by France won over the side helped by the black prince

  • @Cheveliery
    @Cheveliery Před 3 lety +23

    Such heoric vitories on the English side, not a single French won battle is glorified, yet they won. Thats kind of of sad

    • @lukewilliams1666
      @lukewilliams1666 Před 3 lety +8

      Probably because England at the time had a population about 4 times smaller than France’s.

    • @TheFiresloth
      @TheFiresloth Před 3 lety +12

      ​@@lukewilliams1666 This doesn't really matters in a context where England own Aquitaine, has Normans and Navarrese or Burgundians allies, and the Manche to prevent invasion.

    • @tahayucel5185
      @tahayucel5185 Před 3 lety +17

      Anglo history washing. Literally every glorified historical event is related to anglos. Vikings, Saladin Agincourt etc.

    • @Mrhomeless78
      @Mrhomeless78 Před 3 lety +4

      I think it's because french victories were more numerous but smaller on scale. Even Joan of Arc didnt participate in a battle at the scale of agincourt or crecy, or with the simillar disastrous effects on the losing side.

    • @nolletthibault2031
      @nolletthibault2031 Před 3 lety +11

      @@Mrhomeless78 Ahem.
      Patay.

  • @ageingviking5587
    @ageingviking5587 Před 3 lety

    Another good one Ks and Gs thank you!

  • @TheWolverine01
    @TheWolverine01 Před 3 lety

    Love your work!! Continue like that 🤙

  • @shadow2000
    @shadow2000 Před 3 lety +4

    Can you make more english defeat pls ? Like Saint-Omer at the beginning of the war, or the campaigns of Du Guesclin. It will be cool to think outside the box and into the battles that everyone has heard of. Show why this war lasted 100 years (because of the defeats and victories in the two camps which are constantly fighting) the usual voids of sometimes 30 years and more which nobody speaks about

  • @mikethompson5935
    @mikethompson5935 Před 3 lety +6

    It’s so silly hearing someone I think of as a more “properly” behaved person making testicular puns like “it’s a whole new balls game” 😂

  • @dakotarcher09
    @dakotarcher09 Před 3 lety

    Another great video by Kings & Generals!

  • @markwell4720
    @markwell4720 Před rokem

    Wonderful
    Many thanks

  • @matthewkersten
    @matthewkersten Před 3 lety +5

    I admire the black prince because of this battle. Your video about the Hundred Days War is really entertaining as always! Really loved it.

  • @patriksagi5571
    @patriksagi5571 Před 3 lety +9

    Me when England is red again: Perfectly balanced as all thing should be.

  • @yogirathod7944
    @yogirathod7944 Před 3 lety +1

    This the greatest history channel ever keep it up

  • @carterfriesen899
    @carterfriesen899 Před 3 lety

    Perfect!! I just finished reading 1356 two days ago❤️

  • @Loyal94
    @Loyal94 Před 3 lety +3

    My favourite documentary, besides the Ottoman one. The notification excited me, now back to work x'D
    Keep up the great work K&G! :)

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 Před 3 lety +5

    Let's chevauchee like it's 1356.

  • @denniscleary7580
    @denniscleary7580 Před 3 lety +1

    Looking forward to this 👍

  • @Jayako12
    @Jayako12 Před 3 lety +3

    I was in the EU4 loading screen and I thought the game or my speakers were broken, xd. In any case, nice soundtrack.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před 3 lety +5

    The Black Prince was surely one of histories great military commanders. I wonder what it would've been like had he not died in this war. Please make another video on the Imjin War. My compliments to all those who made this video possible.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Před 3 lety

    Thank you , K&G .

  • @createrofart
    @createrofart Před 3 lety

    Love these videos

  • @ElBandito
    @ElBandito Před 3 lety +27

    People be like: "The Mongols were the cruelest invaders".
    Meanwhile the contemporary and supposedly Christian Englishmen/Frenchmen on French lands...

    • @sarwasatsamuccaja1298
      @sarwasatsamuccaja1298 Před 3 lety +1

      ..."Are we a joke to you?"

    • @razorbird789
      @razorbird789 Před 3 lety +1

      The HRE was no better during the 30 years war.

    • @MyVanir
      @MyVanir Před 3 lety +11

      The Mongols WERE the cruelest invaders. Nothing Edward did during his raids came even close to topping what Genghis and his generals did to those cities that resisted them.

    • @MrAizatazmi
      @MrAizatazmi Před 3 lety +8

      Mongol is pretty chill if city just surrendered , English army just raid and burn without giving chance people to surrender

    • @MyVanir
      @MyVanir Před 3 lety +6

      @@MrAizatazmi The English army only raided and pillaged the surroundings of a city if it didn't surrender. The Mongols outright killed every person in it and razed the city.
      See how I can mirror your argument?

  • @mihovilraboteg6160
    @mihovilraboteg6160 Před 3 lety +8

    Online class just became much more interesting!

  • @983koki
    @983koki Před 3 lety

    Simply amazing channel.

  • @matomatic4599
    @matomatic4599 Před 3 lety +2

    I have a distinct feeling this 'Charles the Bad' might be reappearing at the most inopportune time to cause even more chaos.

  • @Mmjk_12
    @Mmjk_12 Před 3 lety +9

    1350's: aha arrow destroys French army
    1450's: aha cannon destroys English army

  • @TR_Conqueror
    @TR_Conqueror Před 3 lety +12

    Would be nice to give some "aftermath" rather than ending the video in 10 secs after the battle narration.

  • @pedrozepeda6930
    @pedrozepeda6930 Před 3 lety

    Yet another great video

  • @bubankoo
    @bubankoo Před 3 lety

    Such a cool series!

  • @S0nyToprano
    @S0nyToprano Před 3 lety +3

    Getting closer to my favorite battle! Agincourt! :)

    • @ramboo136
      @ramboo136 Před 3 lety

      Battle of Agincourt is in 1415. Still 69 years to wait

    • @S0nyToprano
      @S0nyToprano Před 3 lety +1

      @@ramboo136 good thing CZcams years are very, very short 😉

    • @ramboo136
      @ramboo136 Před 3 lety

      @@S0nyToprano Yep. Agincourt is awesome. I saw the movie 'The King' on Netflix numerous times were they portrayed this battle.

    • @henryvlancaster4612
      @henryvlancaster4612 Před 3 lety

      same bro

  • @curt8652
    @curt8652 Před 3 lety +3

    Yes! Love this period.
    Black Prince, what might have been.
    Doubt I'll be using the product though....yeeesh

    • @MyVanir
      @MyVanir Před 3 lety +2

      Don't you want to revolutionize your balls game?

    • @curt8652
      @curt8652 Před 3 lety

      @@MyVanir It's a constant concern I must say, but I'll pass atm.

  • @abulkhairchowdhury6875

    KINGS AND GENERALS!!!BEST HISTORY CHANNEL EVER MADE!!

  • @asgardplays7139
    @asgardplays7139 Před 3 lety +1

    I love these informative "squares" !!!!

  • @MarkoFTW
    @MarkoFTW Před 3 lety +12

    People watching the movies:
    Hahahah, look at them, no one would be that stupid to attack one by one.
    Historians:
    Uhm....

    • @MichaelDavis-mk4me
      @MichaelDavis-mk4me Před 3 lety +3

      Seriously, how were generals so stupid. Even Total War players know you should never piece meal and use all your units in a combined assault.

    • @tallenta6071
      @tallenta6071 Před 3 lety

      @@MichaelDavis-mk4me real life is different from total war games

    • @samuelkovac1008
      @samuelkovac1008 Před 3 lety

      @@MichaelDavis-mk4me Neckbeard generals. You would not be able to lead battle in real life.

    • @MichaelDavis-mk4me
      @MichaelDavis-mk4me Před 3 lety

      @@samuelkovac1008 Well, you just saw what kind of absolute crap tactics those generals used. It's basically impossible to be worst than them. Even I know that when you are in a battle, cavalry needs to work with the infantry, just sending them alone to get killed is about as bad as your tactics can get. Or maybe I just fail to see the genius, maybe their tactics are such on another level that they wanted to lose the battle on purpose, but I'm going to stay with my theory that a lot of general were just awful.

    • @kristofantal8801
      @kristofantal8801 Před 3 lety

      @@tallenta6071 As movies as well... Especially movies. :D

  • @Tsagia
    @Tsagia Před 2 lety +7

    Imagine if someone told them there would come a century where their descendants would fight and die side by side by the hundreds of thousands.

  • @sevoo1579
    @sevoo1579 Před 3 lety

    Damn thank you so much this is awesome !

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE Před 3 lety

    Good job on this video 👍🏻

  • @basedkaiser5352
    @basedkaiser5352 Před 3 lety +9

    Just waiting for the Maiden to be summoned by GOD. JEANNE, AU SECOURS !