Battle of Agincourt 1415 - Hundred Years' War DOCUMENTARY

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[@alisomea]

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[@Daylon91]

The archers didnt nock an arrow and pull it back and wait...that is stupid. That's Hollywood BS. They were pulling over 140ibs. U dont hold onto the string at full draw. U lose accuracy and make yourself unnecessarily tired. Also the archers had their own melee weapons OF COURSE and didnt "find any weapon they could" stop making shit up for storytelling. U get a bunch of it wrong. Cheers

[@ScrogginHausen]

I watch this channel just for the commercial transitions 😂

[@tahacook5692]

Can you make a video about Arab origins please

[@ramichahin2]

Both those popes were fake. I say this because the whole Catholic Church is fake and it’s of the devil therefore their is no true pope except in Heaven where The Father Is.

[@Longshanks1690]

Agincourt; the place where Henry V decided to test just how strong his plot armour really was.

[@Ζήνων-ζ1ι]

Based.

[@Illuminum2392]

Pretty damn strong then? Lol

[@fredbarker9201]

@Heberth R. took a country with a population five times as big, an entire hundred plus years to repel them Sluys, Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt are all stunning victories against the odds

[@fredbarker9201]

@Heberth R. the individual king who went furtherst In the Hundred Years’ War was Henry V who conquered France and was about to unify the two crowns a feat never done before or after, only thing preventing this was his early death. Henry V’s father, Henry IV, is considered the first English king since the Norman conquest. Centuries of Plantagenet rule lead to assimilation.

[@lionelhutz5137]

The problem with France is that it's full of French...

[@JohnnyElRed]

Seriously: how many times are French knights going to commit the same mistake over, and over, and over again? Either against the English, the Ottomans, or whoever crosses their paths. Guys, the fact that you have one of the best cavalry forces in the world, doesn't mean you have to throw them against literally everything without a care on the world. Wouldn't surprise me if they had tried to use them against a walled city.

[@jlvfr]

Add the Portuguese to the list: battle of Aljubarrota, 1385. 2000 french came... not many got back home...

[@7macfly2]

Dont worry, its the last time they do this mistake, next battles they gonna crush english longbow

[@ckaiborbor]

@@7macfly2 you know what, I believe you

[@Paris-xv9sj]

French Proud Cavalry Tradition^^

[@F4Wildcat]

We belgians did the same thing when our flemish peasants smashed 1500 knights and men at arms because they foolishly charged in 1302 at Kortrijk, battle of the golden spurs

[@SeleucusNicator]

Every time I hear of Agincourt, I remember Kenneth Branagh 'Henry V' film. That movie and Branagh's incredible delivery of the St. Crispin's Day speech are what made me interested in learning about the Hundred Years' War.

[@gfilmer7150]

Non nobis domine

[@Ζήνων-ζ1ι]

Great film. I also enjoyed The King, although It doesn't have a great speech.

[@gfilmer7150]

@@Ζήνων-ζ1ι Agreed. Also, the director said he was trying to do Agincourt like The Battle of The Bastards.

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

@@gfilmer7150 Poor Christian Bale.

[@gfilmer7150]

@@mikloscsuvar6097 R.I.P.

[@brbrbrbreannad3610]

Wait, so this guy lead an army to victory when he was 16, got a cool scar from it, and later won an upset victory in which his crown was broken? He needs to save some of that main character energy for the rest of us.

[@24SparrowJack]

and then you look at 16 year olds today, they can't even identify Africa on a map

[@shak-yv1ec]

History is written by the victor and is often twisted and contorted to suit one’s needs and agendas

[@Wompwompwomp.ny1]

Bruh, I feel bad for the farmer who just plowed their field just for some Kings to have an ego battle on it and leave it laced with blood, bodies and weapons. Tough luck bro.

[@itarry4]

If they left the weapons and armour I bet he'd have been absolutely made up.

[@JohnDoe-vi1im]

It was thoroughly plowed and fertilized afterwards, though.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

@@JohnDoe-vi1im With corpses ;)

[@nolletthibault2031]

"an ego battle" ? Come on, it was a divine mission given to Henry V by God himself to prove the superiority of the english race over the french one ! At least that's what most people in the comments seem to believe, so I guess it's true

[@itarry4]

@@nolletthibault2031 yhea Well we all know that the greatness of your nation is decided by KZbin comments. The dumbest gets the prize I assume from what's usually on show.

[@Godzilla52]

One of the things that really bugs me about the movie "The King" is how much agency it takes away from Henry V by depicting him as an inexperienced boy king and semi-pacifist who's actions are almost all determined by his advisors. The film basically ignores most of the relevant history of Henry's upbringing and the fact that he had over a decade of both military and political experience before assuming the throne and was 11 years the senior of the Dauphin (who wasn't even at Agincourt historically). Worst yet, Henry doesn't even command the the center of his army at Agincourt and is instead put in charge of a detachment of soldiers hiding out in the forest.

[@edburnett7237]

The King is based on the Shakespeare play, which also ignores much of that. Besides, there was the assumption in the movie (and play) that Henry had seen battle and could fight.

[@muhammadfaathir8800]

Its a movie, and made from shakespeare play lol. If want absolute historical accuracies you’re not gonna find it in movies go for documentries if theres any

[@Pelopen3bc]

@@edburnett7237 Have you _read_ Shakespeare's play _Henry V_ ? It doesn't ignore those things. In it, Henry V is appropriately older and takes an active interest in Salic Law as justification for a war. He isn't manipulated by his advisors. In he play, the Dauphin also takes a (still fictitious, grant) secondary role to the real commander Charles D'Albret and never meets Henry. The movie doesn't follow the play or history; a lot of its tropes are invented by the screenwriters.

[@TheTommy9898]

@@edburnett7237 was that the one where they had a frenchie play the English king and an Englishman play the Frenchman? Lol

[@BitigoBlack]

Once the character of John Falstaff appeared as a main character....I knew this was more based of Shakespeare. Fact trumps fiction once again.

[@ninjaluc79]

9:47 "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!" - Louis de Guyenne, Dauphin of France to King Henry V of England

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Is smelling like elderberries bad?

[@ninjaluc79]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 Elderberries were used to make liquor in medieval times, so I guess it's bad to smell of them.

[@tomdeluca5946]

Now go away or i shall taunt you again

[@novice1014]

@@marquisdelafayette1929Elderberries were used to make liquor. The insult was insinuating that the father was a drunkard.

[@novice1014]

@Aq qoyunlu mapper Monty python reference.

[@RayshiaRoman]

The last time I was this early, William the Conqueror was still called William the Bastard.

[@willkp50]

I mean I still call him that

[@itarry4]

I call him William the exploding corpse after his body was treated with such lack of respect it exploded at his funeral when they were trying to fit it in the sarcophagus and covered people in blood, guts and shit. Ahhh the majesty of a royal funeral.

[@vilevillain1059]

the last time i was this early, harold godwinson was the rightful king of england

[@Dom-ny7vh]

Nah the Normans were epic read up about them and the last stand of the Saxons was epic think about it we are all the same blood anyway.

[@marvinm8343]

"This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be rememberèd- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother." -Henry V, William Shakespeare

[@anthonyanderson5302]

Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition and gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

[@EM-tx3ly]

Glorious

[@mojotheaverage]

We Crispin, we happy Crispin, we Crispin of Crispins: For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my Crispin -Crispin V, William Crispin

[@FinalPineappal]

Expectation: Rousing Shakespearean speech in brilliant iambic pentameter. Reality: "Fellas, let's go."

[@Palimbacchius]

@@anthonyanderson5302 This is verse. Why would you quote it as prose?

[@cristhian3460]

That was an extreme change for Henry the V. Almost as if he was a Crusaders Kings character and when he became king a player took over... sus.

[@the_exegete]

Without Falstaff around he became boring.

[@jameshetu6885]

If you study the history you'll find that the player took over this Crusaders Kings game with Henry IV who starts as Henry Duke of Lancaster. He may have had the greatest life of any King of England. It reads like a fantasy novel.

[@stygian8049]

Not enough incest tho

[@asfm2]

Same way El Cid was a Warband player.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard" Henry V

[@Ken-df8cp]

It's on the internet so it must be true!

[@laraik1198]

The french knight Lahire said something like that

[@richhartnell6233]

@@Ken-df8cp king Henry the fifth did allegedly say this according to historian Jean Juvenal des Ursins, he said this concerning the siege of Meaux. Wether Henry actually said this or if it was just creative writing on his part is hard to say.

[@Ken-df8cp]

@@richhartnell6233 that would be funny tho if it were

[@soursugar4867]

@@Ken-df8cp You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Burgundian knights that looted Henry’s crown were probably like, “Got your hat!”

[@tangren3370]

LOL Jake Paul certainly got that French hybris for sure 😂

[@J-doeg]

“Ha take that Henry got your spare crown, you may have killed all of my friends but we got your fucking hat so jokes on you we win” ~ burgandian peasant - 1415

[@MusMasi]

@@J-doeg i doubt a peasant would consider any noble their *friend*

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

Well thank you for your useless comment once again, you useless bot.

[@jk-gb4et]

@@MusMasi a lot of the prisoners were also peasant foot men

[@NUSensei]

A battle in which archers made the difference? Fascinating :)

[@Beowulf245]

Agincourt, along with Crecy and Poitiers, was one of the rare exceptions. Everyone tends to conveniently forget all the other battles in which the French heavy cavalry was triumphant. For example, the battle of Patay in 1429. The French knights smashed to pieces the English army that was almost 4(!) times as large. They simply obliterated the whole of the English army at basically no loss to themselves. Those few English archers and troops who managed to survive the massacre, wounded, tired and scared, ran away and fell easy prey to French peasants in the countryside, who remembered how the English had treated the French earlier during the Hundred Years' War. You may rest assured that the peasants paid them back in full. Another example would be the battle of Roosebeke in 1382, in which 6500 mounted French knights and men-at-arms wiped out the Flemish infantry, which numbered almost 30 000. These are just a couple of examples to illustrate my point. There were many more battles during the Late Middle Ages in which the French knights were victorious with few losses. Despite what English historians love to preach, knights would often turn out to be a decisive force on the battlefield provided no stupid mistakes were made. Also, it wasn't just the English archers that won Crecy and Agincourt. Again, most people tend to conveniently forget the English knights and men-at-arms that bore the brunt of the French knights' attacks. Also, such things as the location, the terrain, the weather conditions, the tactics, the fortifications, etc. should also be taken into account. Just my two cents.

[@Libbyyyyyyyyyy]

yessir! this is the age of the long bow!

[@Beowulf245]

To give you a few more examples, the French also destroyed the English in the Battle of Pontvallain (1370), the Battle of Gerberoy (1435) and the Battle of Formigny (1450). The long bows didn't seem to help much lol. There were other battles in which the French were victorious as well.

[@KroM234]

How quaint finding you here fellow archer! :)

[@Stickyrolls123]

@@Beowulf245 well said. Knights dominated the battlefield until the late middle ages/early modern era when the swiss showed Europe what some peasants with pikes could do.

[@hazulpierdut6699]

I don't comment much, but I just want to let you guys know that whenever I get a notification from your channel it brightens my day :)

[@hansvogeli8632]

Same here !!

[@crazyhercules9442]

I love this channel.

[@cba2make1up]

Same

[@kingmaverick3140]

When you have already watched the battle of Agincourt on History Marche !!! But still want to taste the Kings & Generals version ...

[@naiad5043]

Ditto!

[@mohammedzaghba3922]

YES

[@michaelmatthias7009]

Don't forget Extra Credit's take on the battle

[@maddazza9557]

yup

[@muhammadfaathir8800]

@@michaelmatthias7009 didnt KnG already covered this battles? Isnt thtis one a remake?

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother;

[@anthonyanderson5302]

Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; and gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

[@Jazmillenium]

Some of the descriptions I've heard of how the French died are horrifying, particularly the drowning and suffocation. What an awful battle to be caught up in.

[@maelyodasss5880]

most of them were part of royal families as well

[@jeromecummings3609]

Think Battle of the Bastards, Game of Thrones TV show. Almost of not worse than drowning. You know you’re dying and there is nothing you can do.

[@vehementnomad3711]

An "After Ajincourt" documentry would be amazing as Henry V was probably the best English king and his feats after Ajincourt were incredibly impressive with some interesting stories such as the battle at Paris where the Duke of Burgandy got involved to defeat Henry V until someone's head got bludgeoned by their own men and so he turned away guaranteeing an English victory, and an interesting approach to governmental rule by Henry V afterwards

[@rotciv1492]

French army during: Battle of Crezy: "LEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOY JEEEENKIIIINS!!!" *gets slaughtered* Battle of Poitiers: "LEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOY JEEEENKIIIINS!!!" *gets trashed* Battle of Agincourt: "LEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOY JEEEENKIIIINS!!!" *gets obliterated* Battle of Castillon: "LEEEROO-" French commander: "Shut up and make way to the cannons!!" *wins the war* French knights: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@iagosevatar4865]

Mmmmm you forgot Patay and Formigny, among others ^^

[@iagosevatar4865]

@@victuz anglo saxons historians, anglo saxons channel

[@aliaumemcry9333]

@Robert Rowe So far it's completely anglo-biased. They even jumped from poitier to agincourt while barely mentionning the many defeats of the english in that time period. The french ressurgence video glosses over 30 years of french victories lmao.

[@iagosevatar4865]

@Robert Rowe First I was pointing out that the OP, purposely omited all Big French victories of the war except the Final one Castillon (1453) just to make his effect. Then, .. yes actualy it's based : Since 1337 to 1415, the 3 main English victories each had their own detailled battle video. In that Lapse of time French won Decisive victories like Cocherel (1364), Pontvallain and Vaas (1370), Roosebeke (1382) (Flanders was allied with england during the war). Only one video to talk about "Resurgence" nothing about them but Pontvallan and Vaas which were barely mentionned. It must be English "Fair Play" i presume.....

[@rotciv1492]

@@iagosevatar4865 I haven't "purposely omited" anything. I'm just not familiar at all with the 100 Years War apart from the overall map, some of the major battles and famous characters. Also, I'm not english or from any english-speaking country if you ever thought that.

[@alexandrebenoin40]

Hope Bertrand du Guesclin famous battles will be covered. Great video and foutus anglais et bourguignons

[@Itachi951000]

They probably won't. He jumped from Crécy and Poitiers to a brief resume of Caroline phase of the Hundred Years' War where Du Guesclin fought (the video is titled the French resurgence). And now we jump to Agincourt so that period is already over. I thought he was going to cover either the battles of Pontvallain or Cocherel in detail (like he did with Crécy or Poitiers) as the Caroline phase is the least well known of the three phases of the Hundred Years' War. Oh well.... Bummer!

[@rdb8887]

@@Itachi951000 If you look at the comments of the French Resurgence video they say "Eventually, there will be a looooong stitched episode, that will feature the battles of the War of the Breton Succession, Castilian Civil War, and, most importantly, Bertrand du Guesclin's most famous battle - Pontvallain." So I think eventually we'll get videos on that but probably only after the more popular figures like Joan of Arc get covered.

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@rdb8887 I don't trust the "enventually" story. It's an English language channel and only British victories will be covered in details

[@nolletthibault2031]

@@Cancoillotteman En tout cas j'ai hâte de voir leur résumé de 10 minutes sur la période 1429-1453 ! Blague à part, cette série de vidéo est extrêmement décevante et médiocre du point de vue historique, mais au moins les commentaires mettent merveilleusement en lumière tout le racisme et toute la francophobie dont sont capables certains anglo-saxons. Sur ce point au moins, on est fixé.

[@Raisonnance.]

J'espère qu'ils vont faire Patay et le siège d'Orléans au moins

[@taskforceknight9336]

16 Year Old Leading A Successful Victory At the Battle of Shrewsbury with his father. Now thats what I call a Pro-Gamer Move

[@Swift-mr5zi]

The black price was only a teen at Crecy

[@bravokilo8478]

Thank you so much to the creators of Kings and Generals once again for making my day. A great video worthy of the remarkable and paramount battle it so well exhibits. Been looking forward to this one and I wasn't disappointed. 2 SUGGESTIONS for future series: English Civil war and perhaps a continuation with Frederick the Great's exploits and/or era?

[@TheTfrules]

It's nice to see Wales on the map as a united country, even if only for a brief time

[@serpentine6171]

Cymru am byth!

[@Ζήνων-ζ1ι]

Favorite Henry V film is still Kenneth Branagh's, but the fights and battle scenes from Timothee's are really well made, the score is also great.

[@howarddavies8937]

Prefer the 1940's film with Olivier as Henry vth.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Am neither English nor French but have always found their historic rivalry fascinating. I look forward to seeing their next FIFA football match and wonder who will win.

[@clarencecorbeil1061]

Great video, as always, K&G! Really enjoying this series, btw! A little precision: in French, the place is called Azincourt (with a Z instead of a G). And this village still exists today.

[@kappafieldx]

You've outdone yourselves with this production quality guys! Well done and thank you!

[@CrusaderMapper]

I was thinking about this battle and this appeared. Something magic is going on.

[@ragael1024]

"Having learned the harsh lesson from their defeats at Crecy and Poitiers, the French did not charge right away." instead, they waited for 5min, then charged right away. it's amazing how ppl can make the same mistakes in such a short period of time... i'm sure they themselves laughed at this after a while. i'm laughing already.

[@piecharb.1343]

I mean In the end it did win them the war

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

@@piecharb.1343 No. Cannons won

[@piecharb.1343]

@@brrrrrtenjoyer look up the battle of patay which was essentially the English’s Agincourt where French a couple hundred knights broke and routed 1,000s of English while also destroying the English regiments of longbow men that would not recover for the rest of the war

[@stunseed8385]

​@@piecharb.1343 yes but that battle was a little different since the French had the element of surprise, which worked well in their favor; a basic strategy of war working, shocking right, although ironically it was the English who wanted to ambush them first. But here's the thing, the reason why people mock the French for their losses at Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt is because we have expectations of the French. We know they had some of the best knights in Europe not to mention they had twice or more the number of men the English had at time. If it was simply unfortunate unavoidable circumstances that led to the French defeats it would've been understandable, but it wasn't, they lost because they did some stupid shit, which is why we mock them.

[@isimsumer]

They did wait for hours and for the english to make the First move :)

[@mr-rk394]

Oh the finest warcry of all times: "Fellas, let's go"

[@siechamontillado]

Father's Day is in a month - please don't give me a heart attack like that thinking Father's Day is today and I forgot to get my father something nice!

[@LordTalax]

I've always liked how they display the movements in battles, its simple but excellent.

[@reveriesend4668]

Henry V was prob one of the most lucksack human ever born. He was smart, he was bold, but most importantly he was more often lucky than not.

[@arthurfisher1857]

@@James-sk4db for real... if he'd have lived to a ripe old age, history could well have taken a very different course

[@Caratacus1]

He died very young. Not that lucky...

[@Bejunckt]

I thought this was probably the last time a wave of French Cavalry charged a British line and was crushed under fire, but I hadn't thought of Ney's cavalry charge at Waterloo in 1815. Long tradition in battles between England and France.

[@velarc7095]

Ended at Mers El Kebir...

[@xiezaa7288]

@Floron The Strong Chad Bowmen vs the Weak Snobby Nobles

[@lostShadowLord]

I really like that every time the map is show and Ireland is included in this series , the borders change, it's historical accurate Edit:boarders corrected to borders

[@MarshallLore]

why cant the internet spell the word "border"?

[@lostShadowLord]

@@MarshallLore it not the Internet, it me. I can't spell Is all

[@shanemize3775]

I absolutely love seeing the notification for one of your videos show up in my feed. This was a fantastic explanation of the battle of Agincourt, what led up to it, and the aftermath of it. When you consider how it is always talked about and wonder why, this video really explains why in easy to understand language, while giving us a ton of great information and keeping it exciting and enjoyable all the way through. Y'all truly, truly are just awesome. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless y'all, my friends!

[@JoaoPedroPT696]

France: we have the largest army and the best knights Henry V: archers go pew pew

[@kaopannutt462]

brrrrr

[@xisleofmanx8832]

@@Elzimbabwe. the English were always outnumbered so its fair I guess they lose battles to

[@xisleofmanx8832]

@@Elzimbabwe. interesting I'll look for them battles on internet

[@TheKingmanIII]

@@Elzimbabwe. France was a medieval superpower compared to England and had diplomatic, military and economic advantages that far exceeded what England had, yet despite those advantages almost every English victory in the Hundred Years War was against a larger and more resourced French foe. Sluys: 120 English ships vs 213 French, 2 English lost vs 190 French lost Auberoche: 1,200 English vs 7,000 French, English losses minimal vs almost entire French force lost Saint-Pol-de-Léon: 120 English vs 1000+ French, minimal English losses vs almost entire French force Crécy: 15,000 English vs 30,000 French, 100 English losses vs 4,000 French losses Poitiers: 6,000 English vs 11,000 French, 300 English losses vs 4,000 French losses This list can go on a lot further if you want me to continue proving my point, but what the English managed to achieve in going up against the French was one of the most astounding feats of Medieval military history.

[@chroma6947]

@@Elzimbabwe. And how many of those battles were on english soil? Thats right. 0. Its easy to deploy how many troops you please when its on your homeland. When you bring all you have losses happen.

[@EllamWideblade]

I appreciate the use of real medieval music in the background. Tourdion was a nice touch.

[@milanmericskay8003]

I can't wait for the next episode, this is truly great ! Will you talk about the reorganisation of the french army into the profesional force it became ?

[@grobanlover292]

Love the little touch of playing Scarbourough Faire in the background during the beginning. Well played

[@shoshann]

"With the upcoming Father's Day, you are probably looking for a perfect gift for the venerable head of your dynasty" The internet "comedians" with a 183637th Dad joke: Time to achieve comedy

[@stygian8049]

It's 2021 and we still stuck with confederate partition smh

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@enriquetaborda8521]

Dear K&G staff: first of all, thank you so much for all your amazing work. I cannot tell you how valuable your videos are for my History studies and general knowledge. Everytime I am drawn to a certain period, I come to the channel and use your material as an exploratory research. Thank you! I would love to see a video on the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385) during the Portuguese war of Succession (perhaps a series on it?). Besides being crucial in and of itself, it's fascinatingly intertwined with the Hundred Years War as each side took part in it. Aljubarrota was a magnificent show off of the English archers, having won over the French and Castilian mounted knights while outnumbered. It took place before Agincourt and it is very likely that Henry V had it in mind in 1415.

[@rigel9015]

I've waited for long this episode . Thank you.

[@SpireOfFire]

This is it, people. This is the one we've been waiting for.

[@oberstul1941]

Excellent episode, to get one in the mood for one more time into the fray with his happy-few, his band of brothers etc etc. Cheers!

[@thepuffin4050]

Here I am, waiting for the which is better, England or France debates to start. Better make some popcorn.

[@jk-gb4et]

your popcorn has gone to waste no debates are happening :(

[@thepuffin4050]

@@jk-gb4et Shoot, guess I'll have to wait until Kings and Generals make a video about the Middle East or Africa. Those usually spawn a lot of contention.

[@chrisdaniels3929]

Lol, may I start... Don't forget Henry was King of France as well as England. Hence the fleur de lis on his banner. To have a go at the French would be treason.

[@nolletthibault2031]

@@chrisdaniels3929 No he wasn't lmao.

[@chrisdaniels3929]

@@nolletthibault2031 Shakespeare's Henry V sets it out clearly in a rambling waffle from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry was prepared to fight anyone who disagreed.

[@pierrerust2423]

Well-done and well contextualized, as usual !

[@sepehrniknam9069]

Finally the magnificent bloody battle of Agincourt

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@lecapetien3223 Henry V was English. He spoke English as his first language. He wasn’t direct Plantagenet line he’s Plantagenet-Lancastrian If you wanna talk about statesmen of countries not being from that country then Napoleon is a great example. Napoleone di Bunoparte who had to change his name to sound more french Henry V is more English than Napoleon is French

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@lecapetien3223 what about the Anglo Saxons who created England like Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder and Athelstan. Tudor Welsh is closer than Plantagenet or Norman, York and Lancaster are pretty English, Cromwell was a self made monarch in all but name and he was English. Also Henry V grew up in England right? He spoke English, he declared English the formal language of court. Pretty sure The only time he went to France was to conquer it Also doesn’t there come a point after many generations were the family becomes more English whilst they have French and German ancestry

[@danielpotgieter3114]

Excellent narration, beautiful graphics and factual videos really does make this the best channel 🔥

[@cannibalcheese]

Just imagine being 16 years old and going to battle in full plate and being in command of troops. Let that sink in for a bit.

[@firstnamelastname4249]

Tyey didn't have PSs XBOXs PCs social media internet TVs newspapers football etc... so working on farms and putting the rebels to the gallows was a decent option

[@DieNibelungenliad]

Nowadays, accidentally saying the wrong word to a 25 year old makes them break down

[@cannibalcheese]

@@DieNibelungenliad I blame Facebook and tick tok lol

[@rwagingsloth9528]

Been watching this channel so long I was genuinely suprised to see an Agincourt video today, could have sworn this was already done by you!

[@YK-op8vv]

As a Muslim living in England, it was actually good seeing an outnumbered, tired army of men who all humbled themselves and prayed to the Lord defeat a larger, better rested, arrogant army of French. What a victory given by God almighty.

[@ramptonarsecandle]

Your god didn’t have anything to do with it. 🤦‍♂️

[@jillchild2826]

based???? wtf i'm pro immigration now

[@YK-op8vv]

@@jillchild2826 Don't let the ignorant hate mongers and liberal leftism change the fact that Muslims and Christians have far more in common than what people think.

[@jillchild2826]

@@YK-op8vv i'm not a christian tbh

[@mikewalsh721]

Love the detail, even in the music. You’re all awesome

[@brokenbridge6316]

Fun Fact: The man who saved the future Henry V from that arrow wound did it with a crudely crafted surgical tool. It was meant to remove the arrowhead which had dislodged. The arrowhead was eventually removed and the man who saved the prince earned himself a pension for life. Not bad for saving a royal. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@pkgpk5564]

Surgical tools existed in India, Egypt and China thousands of year ago. The first manual of Surgery was written by Sushruta in India in 600 BCE called Sushruta Samhita. While I agree with you the man who saved Henry 5 did great he was by no means the first one to devise such tools.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@pkgpk5564---Fine. Whatever. The first crafted in Europe.

[@pkgpk5564]

@@brokenbridge6316 Not Whatever these are facts not euro centric history.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@pkgpk5564---Don't care. I'll say it anyway. Whatever. Now I'm washing my hands of this conversation.

[@viraloracle5151]

@@pkgpk5564 they were surgery tools in ancient sumer,elam,egypt back up to 2000 bc. way before even 600bc. as example google "Surgery in ancient egypt" funny everyone claims his nation created the first, first the brit, then the indian , but both are wrong lol

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice history's video from excellent historic channel with clear explaining all events thanks for sending

[@yektaadguzel9294]

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends”

[@stoyan6727]

The Civ soundtrack used really hits the spot! Very good choice!

[@chrispbacon4519]

No commander of longbowmen would ever tell his archers to draw their bowstrings back and then 'wait'. That's ridiculous. The strength required to hold back a 100+ pound draw weight and just 'wait' would absolutely exhaust the archers, when they'd need their strength for dozens more draws, each a massive effort. It takes two seconds to draw a longbow. They'd have been told to nock, then draw and loose on command.

[@mrdarren1045]

Yeah crazy. There is no way you just hang about when you've drawn a warbow. That would be the quickest way to totally exhaust his men and lose the battle.

[@arnoldtaylor8128]

Amazing stuff, but I hope create videos about the Battle of Verneuil and the Battle of Castillon. Two epic battles that don't get the coverage they deserve.

[@aasemahsan]

1:59 Henry IV's reign & many revolts 3:04 Henry of Monmouth 3:24 Power struggle in French Kingdom

[@connor4366]

my fav battle of all time. Wicked vid as always

[@kingmaverick3140]

Just imagine if there was BBC during those times ! “Our correspondent is reporting live scenes from the battlefield.”

[@jamiengo2343]

“Well there’s a scuffle going on behind me as the French are moving towards the English lines at a brisk pace, the HRE have condemned the violence and called on both sides to stop the fighting, whilst Aragon are reaffirming their commitment to each country’s sovereignty. We’ll have the latest updates at Ten”

[@kingmaverick3140]

@@jamiengo2343 Try to report it the way the English make propagandas against Napoleon & Hitler ! Make it a bit real...

[@abcdc197]

A mostly peaceful battle happend today when a group of French far right activists attacked English tourists in northern France. Lets hear from our reporter live in Agincourt. Edward tell us what happend...

[@denniscleary7580]

I would wait 100 years just to watch this video, thanks kings 👍

[@manatarms7652]

I think they could have mentioned more about Wales and France during the reign of Henry 4th

[@patriciadevlin2615]

Well done documentary. Particultly enjoyed the commentary and explanations.

[@zakkart]

Excited for the next installment! Let's gooooooooo!

[@wolvves4293]

My family fought in the battle of Agincourt. Incredible story, except Henry V wasn't riotous or a drunkard. That was taken from liberties that Shakespear made in his Henry the V play.

[@Heisenberg882]

C'est azincourt ne agincourt pas

[@ondrejstelbacky4032]

LOVE THESE VIDEOS

[@charleslarrivee2908]

I've been enjoying this series quite a bit. I'll be looking forward to the videos on the Siege of Orleans and Joan of Arc's campaign in the Loire that culminated in the Battle of Poitiers.

[@beth7935]

Excellent, & so interesting! Had Henry actually been "an unruly & riotous Prince of Wales"? I had the impression that was more Shakespeare's portrayal, & earlier in the vid he was described as responsible & doing his duty, leading troops at 16 & helping his father with affairs of state- or was it both; he worked hard but played hard too?

[@ataberksenol]

Henry VI: Let's ruin all my father's contributions and lose the war.

[@firstnamelastname4249]

He was ill and wasn't the one to blame It was his cousin's fault

[@nolletthibault2031]

@@firstnamelastname4249 Things are more complex than "it's X's fault".

[@firstnamelastname4249]

@@nolletthibault2031 I do agree with you somehow but even by medieval standards Richard of York moves were absurd to say the least

[@Tahkaullus01]

He was a kid!

[@jamessear4388]

Listening to this whilst walking on the Shrewsbury battlefield...

[@AndrewTateOfficial]

If henry literally just lived like 4 or so months longer then he would have outlived the French Charles VI and become king of france lol

[@AndrewTateOfficial]

@@James-sk4db 100%

[@nolletthibault2031]

So what ? It's not like France would have been "oh ok, if it's Henry V we surrender lol" The situation would have been strictly the same than in reality. The English proclaim their King, the French proclaim theirs, and the French eventually win. Putting all the responsibility of the English defeat on Henry V's death is just a lazy way of refusing to acknowledge the complexity of the war, and a way of saying "the French only won with luck, they're still inferior to the English" and whatever bullshit appears in half of the comments under these videos.

[@AndrewTateOfficial]

@@nolletthibault2031 dude one of the biggest reasons for the English losing after Henry's death was because they had literally 0 morale as they were fighting for a 9 month old baby. That's when Joan of arc came and inspired the french to take back their lands as the english were completely demoralized they literally lost to a peasant girl that's how little resistance they put up. Now compare that to if henry V still lived, the english would have fought 10× harder for a king who fought with them on the battlefield and inspired massive morale in his men and that's one of the biggest reasons for the victory in agincourt. If any other king was in charge they would have surrendered or ran away when seeing such an army camping opposite them. But men wanted to die for henry v he was a great leader. Whereas after he was gone, all the men had to fight for was a little baby so obviously they lost the war. My point was if henry had lived then the English would have crushed the french Joan of arc would never be known. The french suffered from the same problems the English did, an incompetent king so of course they kept losing battles as all they were fighting for was a mad man. But once the dauphin became the next monarch who was a headstrong man. Their morale and efforts skyrocketed unlike the English who got a baby as their king

[@nolletthibault2031]

@@AndrewTateOfficial You know, for a professional soldier it makes little difference whether the king is a baby or an adult. Their job is to fight, and that's what they do. Bresides, they still had the duke of Bedford as a competent leader and the French moral was not exactly in a very good shape either. Again, putting the entire responsibility of the English defeat on Henry V's death is just a way of negating any competence the French may have had in the latter phase of the war. Plus, how do you know that Henry V would have won if he had lived ? I can imagine 500 scenarios in which he lives on but still gets defeated at some point, you could rewrite the history of the entire world as you like with "if". That's why this debate doesn't make any sense and I'm not going to continue it.

[@AndrewTateOfficial]

@@nolletthibault2031 ok

[@raphaelhenry9632]

You had me at Jonathan Sumption. The most complete and unbiased work on HYW. Well done! The "tennis balls" story is apocryphal though.

[@mrdarren1045]

We don't know that. The tennis balls story may well be based on actual events. It is something I can very easily see happening.

[@raphaelhenry9632]

@@mrdarren1045 We do know that. And because you "can very easily see happening" means nothing. It did not happen by all accounts. Moreover, it's even less probable when we take their respective ages in consideration.

[@rickflash448]

makes me wonder how fertile that field was for the coming years from all the blood

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G .

[@tremor3258]

Great overview of one of the more famous battles of the era in public consciousness (thank you Bill Shakespeare)

[@ChristopherTurner-k7d]

Best 100 years war piece on you tube!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@koreywhite9437]

I just realized they said Henry IV at the beginning when alluding to the battle of Agincourt hmmm

[@frankcastel5294]

In less than 30min you told that story far more brilliantly than that embarrassing netflix picture called "The King".

[@anjiji4734]

Henry V: Call an ambulance.... but not for me

[@ptolemyphilopator]

Your on line apparel selection is good. I'd suggest as an addition a really cool sweater or shirt that has the print of Henry V Royal Colours like the one he wears over his armour

[@Masiba7517]

Last time i was so early, Julius was still campaigning in gaul

[@MasonBryant]

I like the medieval Scarborough fair playing at the start

[@Paris-xv9sj]

Every French : "Mais non, c'est pas tabou, c'est pas tabou"

[@Paris-xv9sj]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250 Bonjour :)

[@Paris-xv9sj]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250 I am a Baguette

[@Paris-xv9sj]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250 Bien et vous?

[@juliannasreddin5226]

Paris 1900 Nous allons bien, merci. LoL maybe I messed up I'm not very good at french.

[@Paris-xv9sj]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250 Haha content de voir que des français regardent aussi Kings And Generals ^^

[@renatopardovalenzuela558]

Great video!! Could you make a biographical video on Bertrand du Guesclin??

[@geesixnine]

French Archers and Crossbowmen: I'll just stand here

[@leroyholm9075]

Excellent!

[@mr.c.3760]

wowowowow...anyone who has been in a recently plowed field understands the battle was lost as soon as the first French soldiers starting crossing the field...I can't even imagine how uneven, muddy, and nasty it would have been using medieval methods of plowing

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Thank you Kings and Generals Team

[@souffffffffff]

100% worth a LIKE! 👍

[@googlia9751]

I liked this old representation with more unit cards better than the recent shrank one. Feels like watching a larger battle.

[@Crytica.]

This battle is such a great example of overconfidence working against you.

[@mimicry601]

briliant as always. keep up the good work!

[@RenegadeRanga]

The fact the French didn't crush the English from behind would surely be one of the most embarrassing moments in military history. Home town advantage and boggy terrain or not.

[@Raisonnance.]

Less embarassing than losing against 1500 soldiers when you are 5000 :) Battle of Patay 1429

[@szbszig]

Yeah, I thought about the same watching the video.

[@glynthomas3976]

The British have always been a warrior race.

[@mann536]

@@lecapetien3223 norman werent french you white flag, they just speaks french normandy werent even part of france that day.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@ludoviciusmagnus5125 the Plantagenet era is one of the most studied in English history

[@jackson857]

Been waiting for this one.

[@tandemcharge5114]

Impossible. Henry V couldn't have effectively commanded the army when he has to always haul around his massive balls

[@achyuthansanal]

"We don't need balls to win" -Joan of Arc

[@natetendencia]

i've been waiting for this documentary. my favorite Shakespeare play which i memorized the st. crispian's day speech very well. well done, kings and generals.