The Bloody Battle of Agincourt | Animated Episode

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[@theoldhermit2601]

I'm a young American who was taught startlingly little about this era of history, and am so grateful to be able to learn about it with you guys' energy and perspective! I found your channel from the videos on the 1968 campaign, and have enjoyed the variety of topics I've seen covered so far - I hope you both know that people of all ages greatly appreciate your channel 😊

[@restishistorypod]

Thank you !

[@marys33794]

💯 👍 👍

[@fifimsp]

Agreed. I majored in History and feel I know a lot more British history and have been trying to learn more about French history so was very excited to see this series on here. I would like a documentary series on like the complete history of France, which I know is hard with like changing hands and being part of bigger empires, but it is an interest I've been pursuing lately.

[@geofreycrow9663]

​@@fifimsp Might be preaching to the choir here, but The Rest is History is ~10 episodes into a series on the French Revolution. Highly recommended, it's where I discovered the channel

[@fifimsp]

@@geofreycrow9663 I actually am watching that one right now, but I actually knew a lot about the French Revolution. I did take modern European history so I do know more about that form like the 1700's up. I guess I should have said I want to know more about Ancient and Medieval French history. The Ancient history I know the most about are Rome and Greece and yes they interacted with European tribes and stuff but we didn't get much into that. I just don't know much about like the Carolingian and Merovingian dynasties and stuff like that in European history. And yes I know about stuff like the Norman invasion but more from a British event point of view. I hope I'm making sense here. So I should have been a little more precise in what I was talking about. LOL. I mean, it's like saying, "I'd like to know more about Chinese History." Well can you be more precise since that's a lot of history! LOL.

[@flagpole974]

The animation definetely helped understand the layout of the battle. Was a nice touch, thank you

[@restishistorypod]

Thank you !

[@nilesfairman2514]

@@restishistorypod coulda mentioned the soil tilth

[@leighfoulkes7297]

I like the idea that King Henry used a ton of strategies learned throughout the years of Bristish wars. Long bowmen tactics from wars with the Welsh, the Scottish tactics to defeat heavy Calvery with only foot soldiers and etc.

[@Lukas-t2o]

There's been a long history calvary and foot going back and forth There's always bad asses and sociopolitical ramifications, the Landsknechts are a good reading for this reason The Scots produced a famous group of Danish mercenaries that operated in Ireland called the Gallowglas, the Gaels couldn't field expensive heavy calvary so they had Knights on foot with Dane Axes and Great Swords and enterages that could do the job of and directly contest heavy horsemen The British Isles are a great place to begin learning about this stuff

[@Voronore]

@@Lukas-t2o c'mon, guys. CAVALRY. V before the L. Calvary was the hill where crucifixions were done.

[@Wrz2e]

I love this animated format and I can't wait to see how it captures the hustle and bustle of Chatham High Street.

[@GoBlueGirl78]

😅😅 Actually LOL

[@TheLonelyFawn]

Hahaha this really made me laugh!!

[@Waylander173]

But where's the big hooped earrings?? 😂

[@countdowntorevolution9986]

love how Dom transforms back into a 10 years old boy when he's listening to this stuff.

[@rhys-llewellynlewis6178]

Can relate 🤣

[@dawall3732]

33:00 The knights would avoid eating the night before battle. As well as that morning. At most, they would have broth to keep their strength up. To avoid shiting themselves during battle. That's one of the reasons the after battle feast was so important in that time. (Providing you won or at least served and escaped.)

[@stuartd5166]

This is a thoroughly enjoyable account of a famous British battle. If only my school could have been so enthusiastic. Thank you

[@victornewman9904]

Henry's decision to defeat the French in detail, as well as drawing the French into the killing-ground funnel was brilliant. But cutting his surcoat into fragments and sharing them as a symbol of unity is surpassed by Henry's promise not to be ransomed, just like the archers, is genius.

[@paulm3033]

Henry apponted experienced commanders not based soley on social rank , as did Elizabeth 1 in 1588 , unlike the French and Spanish respectively, im sure if I thought long enough i could think of other similar instances, this does seem to have been a particularly 'english' habit and a reason why the english army had the edge over their opponents during these turbulent times.

[@ODDwayne1]

Tom your narration kept me strapped in for the ride. Felt like being there. You guys are wonderful.

[@manicantclimb]

I really appreciate the effort with the animations, editing and audio additions! Much more immersive and visually varied.

[@aaronmaynard6019]

I would not say that it was the armours weight, but the fact that the metal is not porus and thus creates a suction to make it harder to put it out of the mud. I remember an old doco that had them test metal vs cloth in mud.

[@ajknaup3530]

Interesting perspective

[@rhysnichols8608]

Yeah armour was designed to be practical. Battlefields are often rough and falling over was pretty common. If you can’t get up in your armour then it’s not fit for purpose. Knights could move pretty well in full steel armours. It was the mud and suction that made it hard.

[@BillGaliette]

So well presented gentleman! I always appreciate the story behind the history. One of the “few” who loved history all through grammar school who are now amongst the “many” who appreciate your presentations. Bravo!

[@duncannapier318]

The best logical in a nutshell explanation of the Battle Of Agincourt ever. This is a smashing upload and thank you. 👍🇿🇦

[@damienbegley8675]

🎉VERY excited!!! Been looking forward to this like it was a movie to be released and I haven't been excited about a movie releaase in decades.

[@R08Tam]

I groaned when I saw that this was an animated version, expecting it to be like a Saturday morning cartoon. But the animation helped with the understanding of the battle and I was impressed.

[@arnoldussineamico498]

There is a neighborhood in Toronto called Agincourt, and its chinese translation is "Pavillion of Love and Tranquility". I wonder if the translator knows anything about the battle😅

[@canchero724]

Surely someone is playing a prank 😂

[@chriscostello9111]

I know those Quebecois hate that Canada is a commonwealth country that still loves their sovereign 🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@jamesfranklin8364]

There is no Chinese translation. Keep that crap thought away from history

[@TheStephaneAdam]

@@chriscostello9111 Of course Canadians love their sovereign, They're brits from Wish! Or Americans who refused to stop being a colony. There's a reason why they take pride in being the first post-national state.

[@handsomemonkeyking5299]

Chinese have many ways of translating and often they twist the name into a new meaning lol it’s quite creative They translate Australia as ‘big bay little profits’ 😂 Im Aussie and think it’s a hilarious constructive criticism of us lol very apt

[@edgarsnake2857]

Thanks for imparting to me a detailed account of Agincourt. I never understood it until today. You are both wonderful to listen to.

[@Harry-qu7vg]

Listened to this series several times already. Nice to see the animated take on it.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

Yes finally have been waiting for this!!!! THANK YOU!!! 😁

[@restishistorypod]

You're welcome

[@1rwjwith]

What a great historical recounting of one of the most impressive , inspiring victories by the British. Henry V exhibited great strategic leadership . It seems to be this is an example of an invading army able to use the tactical defense to force a superior force to attack on ground with more advantage to the British in this case. It does come to mind that the British in January 1815 in the BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS forgot this lesson and made a similar mistake as the French at Agincourt. Great episode!

[@youngzoe7492]

You lads bring as much light into my daily joy as much as anyone who not blood, delighted to have found you over the past months and now the animated affect bring a different flavour I quite enjoyed it all, brilliant.

[@nickbarton3191]

They must have been extraordinarily tough to march, few provisions, many with dysentery, then fight a battle, and win. Hal must have been quite an inspiring leader.

[@sedeslav]

One detail more about arrows: in a Middle ages archers carried several types of arrows, but most efficient ones was with a steel tips. Those arrows were very expensive, so each archer had maybe 5 or 10 arrows with a steel tip, and the rest (about 30 or so...) were with a tip made of iron (like hunting ones, for example). However, those first ten arrows made a significant difference.

[@arnekoets3085]

Sources for steel or steeled tips? Since sheaths were issued with wheelbarrows at a time and commissioned by royal decree by the milion we have fairly clear requirements for such orders and steel heads do NOT seem obviously supplied. We have a few vague mentions, but availability of thousands of steeled tips is very questionable. Also the added performance is really limited. Might make some difference with glass or iron ore covered shields, but i doubt it is that significant

[@paulm3033]

Absolutely loved this ,the discussion and the animation really brought this defining battle to life.

[@EZEMEAT2000]

Great episode gents

[@marys33794]

It is at last here. The battle of Agincourt. What we have been waiting for, for ages, and much appreciated. I will definitely be watching it later. 👍 👍 Cork, Ire., 🇮🇪

[@francikoen]

The Battle of Angincourt makes me sad. And I'm not even French! However, my great-aunt was a PhD French Professor, so that might be why I am sympathetic to France. The whole Hundred Years War makes me sad. So many deaths... so much destruction... burning of crops and homes... foreign soldiers stealing livestock... and worse. Saint Joan of Arc is the one bright spot. And she was betrayed by the Burgundians, the French King and the British clergy.

[@marys33794]

@francikoen I agree 💯. A lot of history of many countries can be sad. Terrible things that happen in wars and still happens today in our times.

[@EvsEntps]

By the way, we have little evidence that the stakes were sharpened. In fact, they would have been hammered into the ground and we know they were repositioned at least once before the battle, so any stake with a point would have been blunted down quite quickly from repeated hammering. As such, they probably didn't bother sharpening them in the first place. A blunt stake still does the job though: no horse is willingly charging headlong into one.

[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

Any man good with an axe can put a sharp point on a log in a few strokes. Moments work. A barrier is a barrier to a horse, you are correct. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere inbetween?

[@lawts1240]

Probably sharpened after they were banged into the ground?

[@ajknaup3530]

I was thinking the same thing. What if the stakes were pounded in *first*, then sharpened?

[@arnekoets3085]

Not only are they shown as sharp in medieval depictions (chronicles of the crusades, for instance) Horses are very bad at seeing things pointing at them, as their vidion is very different than a humans'. Horses will absolutely run into pointy sticks, (including branches) in suicidal ways. There are many other things that make bigger obstacles. Aiming a horse between individual stakes is very doable as well, easier than pikes trying to aim and hit you. They would have to be very closely spaced in order not to do so (closer than depicted in medieval art or as mentioned in primary sources) We also know of such stakes in archeological examples as part of 'landweren', ditch and banks with stakes, subsequently overgrown with hedges used as landscape defenses. But horses will charge into all sorts of things, especially when the lead horse is selected for their prepensity to do so. Water filled ditches (kortrijk, gent, various others) and trip pits and caltrops are a more relibably effective barrier than stakes by themselves.

[@williamrizzo8574]

You can also hammer on a stub where a branch was cut. These aren't exactly lathed poles

[@johnsimpson8893]

Did you do the animations yourselves? Henry V's eyebrows are great. When his left eye goes up his smile broadens. I think he likes that.

[@blastulae]

Waterloo also featured mud. In fact it was critical. Nappy had to wait for it to dry so he could maneuver his artillery. This delay proved costly.

[@mtrb1966]

Loving the animated presentation !!

[@heavypen]

I learned about the Battle of Agincourt in a military history class at Claremont College in California (decades ago). The class was taught by a US Army captain who obviously loved history and had a particular fondness for this epic battle. Then, I saw Brannaugh's Henry V and was absolutely blown away all over again. Few battles have elicited so much drama. Your analysis and retelling were brilliant. Thank you.

[@nigeh5326]

I have to go out to a meeting with friends now but I look forward to an hour or more of wit wisdom and knowledge later as I enjoy a few beers. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌️

[@nicksykes4575]

I'm sat typing this looking out over the "field of arrows" where Henry first won his spurs, and took an arrow to the face. So I've always considered him my favourite Monarch.

No monarch should ever be your favorite. Godamn englishmen

[@alixa1258]

Fabulous 🎉😊 can’t wait!! Love this show 🎉

[@reubendorman]

Great video, guys. i love the English archers of the hundred years war. I recently learned Edward the third had prepared 135,000 arriw bags of 24 arrows each as well as 7,700 long bows fie his army, for his crecy campaign would Henry the fifth had done the same?

[@cliftonfurney5083]

Very good. Thank you. Your presentation made it understandable

[@andydunn5673]

This is brilliant Thanks for pulling it together for us

[@nickmac8078]

Thank you for this! A great extremely well read account whilst being thoroughly entertaining!

[@kirilmickovski3543]

Loving this channel

[@restishistorypod]

Thank you !

[@Saunajallu]

This must be Theo answering. The French space before the exclamation point betrays you!​@@restishistorypod

[@bradybuschur5995]

Amazing! You guys have a huge fan from Cincinnati, Ohio!

[@duncannapier318]

And another huge fan all the way down in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦👍

[@Nowhandles]

Irvine, California here!

[@LookEast-p4e]

Fantastic - thank you!

[@johndavenport8843]

Famtastic as always, and funny too.

[@michael7324]

I woke up early to catch this one. Well done boys.

[@pauliewalnuts2527]

i think the no pants thing was one archer being cheeky and it just caught on. often running gags and jokes develop in war among armys and cultures.

[@rweezy6246]

Subscribed. This is outstanding. I look forward to binging. Thanks from North Georgia, USA.

[@annaboo27]

The animation is fantastic! Really helped a complete newb get into this. lol Just have to add, in regards to quite a number of the comments of gratitude, that I Completely agree! I have just been devouring your videos and podcasts lately. There are several history majors in my own family..however I never leaned that way. I rather enjoy English literature (major) much more. However, thanks to these lovely gents, I have a newfound appreciation for the history of our wonderfully crazy world! Thank you for continuing to inspire! ❤

[@andreroeck8026]

Excellent series again. Even if you missed out on the crucial role the mud played in the morning of Waterloo. ;) Keep up the great work guys!

[@Foretelling]

New viewer here, I'm very glad to have found this channel. Great content, gents.

[@dangersdaddy2595]

Yes! I've been patiently waiting for this episode. I can't wait to listen to this episode tonight!!!

[@martybaggenmusic]

I LOVE this channel. Tom and Dominic, please consider a series on the history of Mt Everest, in particular, the Mallory and Irvine controversy. Thank you for your wonderful, wonderful channel that enables the acquisition of the most precious commodity, knowledge.... wrapped in the second most valuable commodity.... humor.

[@willjones3406]

9000 men recruited makes sense as about a third of the army were loss to dysentery at the siege of Harfleur by the week before Agincourt

[@alyoshakaramazov8469]

33:10 my step father was a nose gunner in a B-24 bomber in the attack on Ploeisti in August, 1943, and he assured me that it is quite true that one’s bowels misbehave in the face of enemy fire.

[@sallymae59]

I love listening to you guys!!!!

[@tomking5855]

Thank you for such a compelling account of the battle and the historic accounts of the main players, battlefield topography, ingenuity, bravery, and for making this history so alive and interesting. Glued to your account from beginning to end….

[@frances7243]

The animated format is great. Well worth visiting the battlefield itself (only 50 miles from Calais) to get a feel for the place which is essentially unchanged. There is a small museum and, I understand, an annual event, a gathering of modern day archers to commemorate the battle.

[@GimmeShelterNM]

I've been listening to your wonderful podcast forever and this is the first time I've seen a video. I Imagined you had each others voices lol.

[@lisawright8921]

I just recently came across your channel and I am hooked! Keep up the great work on the wide variety of historical content!❤

[@GiggleByteMaster]

No idea why the algorithm fed me this but what an enjoyable listen. Think I found a new podcast to enjoy.

[@wukong2282]

Cheers from the states. Excellent recounting fellas, informative with a right bit of quality humour too. You have a subscriber in me 👏🏿👏🏿

[@kyliedavies1695]

This was a great! I’m a channel member now and my husband is getting into the podcasts too.

[@joaosantos1163]

I’m Brazilian but in my opinion Henry V is the greatest English king !!

[@chriscostello9111]

He definitely is one of the greatest he United all the people of the British isles under a sheared identity Irish Scottish Welsh Briton/saxon Briton/norman although the people had different identities based on regions they were the same and United on their sheared isles we are all people of the same isles.....when your a nation of islands you all need to be United regardless of regional differences because if one region gets invaded the rest of them will

[@chriscostello9111]

I'm half Irish half English but I refer to myself as British

[@Dave5843-d9m]

I’m English but proud to hold a British passport. I am British first.

[@nomaddamon100]

I did not think I'd listen to all of that, but I was fixated... Great podcast

[@robfielding100]

Brilliant rendition from an English Longbowman!

[@shealey9763]

"We're probing it" Funniest thing I have heard in an age, well done gentlemen.

[@goingbeyondtheillusion]

What a brilliant episode

[@gregoryjclark81]

Man, I was eating my breakfast cereal when the 'The Lay of the Land' played out. Nearly had oats and milk in my sinuses and nostrils with that giant Welshman image.

[@gazlator]

As much as Branagh's version of Henry V does portray the muddy conditions, I feel it also downplays too much of the vivid colour and spectacle (which was certainly a feature of medieval armies) which the French army at least - and the English too perhaps to a degree - would have displayed upon banners, coats of arms, jupons, horse-barding, etc.

[@johncarroll772]

Oliviers version portrays the more accurate armour and pageantry

[@gazlator]

@@johncarroll772 absolutely

[@Milverton68]

Loving the graphics.

[@BenNewman1776]

It's a great addition, it drew me in for sure now I am going through the catalog.

[@edgarjones6824]

@21:30ish is this the earliest example of led by le donkeys 😅 Great vid, really well presented, thanks x

[@leberlin]

I remember doing this at school but only recall the Longbow Archer part, so this was a very entertaining and very detailed explanation of how ancient battles were played out, I am still trying to picture 75,000 arrows in a few minutes raining down on advancing foes, something I would not want to be in the middle of and definitely would have to “void my bowels” in this situation. Lovely

[@nigelmcconnell1909]

Ok so here is my question:- Everyone who went to Sandhurst would know this story inside out and the foolishness of the French Calvary charging against longbows men. So why during the western desert campaign in the second world war did the British army in battle after battle send tanks against German artillery with the same disastrous results? Paper, rock, scissors. Tanks beat infantry, artillery beats tanks, infantry outmaneuver and overwhelm artillery. It took a long time for the allies to work this out

[@Richard-d1y]

If only it were so simple. Sometimes an action is taken for political reasons, I.e. 'just do something ' irrespective of how effective it is.

[@johnleney9541]

It wasn't artillery, but anti-tank guns. The Germans had re-purposed an anti aircraft gun, which had a high velocity and thus low trajectory, as an ATG, and it took the Brits a while to work out what was happening

[@DonaldAtherton-l7u]

It was cavalry,there’s your answer.

[@spencersanderson1894]

Because EGO trumps all knowledge and skill one may posses. To be the one who broke through would have his name immortalised, that’s enough to make any man with a weak constitution forget all his training.

[@Judahlionheart]

Absolutely anazing my new favorite channell u guys done a stellar job im in awe such a great job hustory made fun with the cream of the crop of hustorical stories i love it.

[@nathanlarson7408]

42:45 I heard "non-competent" and thought 'what a novel way to call someone an idiot'

[@MalakAlMaut6860]

Beautifully told. Really enjoyed the video 👍

[@Curious-Minds]

One of the best history channels

[@susanfehr4073]

As Henry won , I can imagine that the sources massaged the numbers down to make it more miraculous. But that Henry wasn't killed was possibly the greatest failure of the French here. If Henry had been tied the while thing would have fallen apart. But Henry's tactics were brilliant. Knowing that the ground is boggy, force the French to come to you and know they will probably be on horseback, so they will be slow and you can pick off the leaders and the front rows making it harder for the rest to advance. Perfect.

[@littlelauchie]

This was awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@restishistorypod]

Thank you very much !

[@callusmaximums]

Can’t believe I just found this Time to loose days of my life listening to all the rich history ! Cheers guys merry Xmas

[@LynnMcRae-zi6yt]

That was brilliant, I didn't know the details of the battle. I live overlooking the lands owned by the freemen of Alnwick given to the knights for their bravery at that battle.

[@thewidgetman]

This is like old school discovery channel! I love it

[@faeembrugh]

Went there and it's a very compact battlefield. Easy to see how the French were funneled into a killing zone where their numbers were a hindrance to them.

[@jonnyandali]

Great stuff this. Stumbled across you both on Ticktock. Keep up the good work. 👍🏿

[@liamjames3680]

Can’t believe Tom visits Berwick and has an estate up here. Being from Berwick myself I can’t get over the fact someone from my favourite podcast even knows Berwick. Would love yous to do a podcast on Edward the first and delve into the siege of Berwick and the wars of Scottish independence.

[@msquared6695]

I think having already accepted your fate would bring a sense of “I’ve nothing to lose” which I think would allow the soldiers to focus on fighting instead of being distracted by anxiety

[@ChristyOFaghan]

this was fascinating, but i'm afraid i was so taken by Dominic's "Gent" that i spent most the time listening while looking at watches on the Tissot site really nice piece and exceedingly practical

[@RockCorley-im1si]

ANOTHER GREAT SHOW!😊

[@amcconnell6730]

23:45 Remember that all of these Dukes and Counts are looking at a bedraggled, starving, much smaller force that also contains (literally) a King's Ransom. They are looking at what could be a guaranteed win, and if you capture Henry you'd be wealthy beyond avarice. That's why the French nobility all wanted to push forward.

[@billder2655]

nice animations 👍🏼

[@restishistorypod]

Thank you !

[@ethanstrong]

Wow, lot of work must’ve went into this!

[@gwfranklin1]

Love the animation!!! This was awesome

[@ScienceChap]

Shakespeare! A great start to a video.

[@paulm3033]

The English army had been on the march for ages, lost men to dysentry compared the French who were on home ground and whose numbers were being added to up to the eve of battle ,im sure the English were significantly outnumbered .

[@henrynoel4223]

My favorite Henry V was portrayed by Robert Hardy in the BBC series "An Age of Kings," with a very young and sweet-looking Judi Dench as Catherine of Valois. My only regret is that the series was condensed for television, and a lot of good scenes were omitted.

[@vincentquintiliani6690]

Fantastic video! Great to see Tom Holland with his own channel

[@gustavderkits8433]

“Blotted out the sun”, “fighting in the dark”, my aunt fanny. The 75,000 arrows were not in the air at the same time. That was a minute and a half worth of arrows. Five thousand archers put a maximum of five thousand arrows into the air at the same time. But they weren’t split-second timed, so at most a few thousand at the same time and staggered across the 150 yards by 1000 yards air above the battlefield.

[@thamzource8971]

Amazing work, greetings from Sweden. I hope one day you guys will do a series about Charles XII :D

[@aegirkarl1411]

When comparing the forces it is not only the total numbers but the composition that matters. If the French had much higher proportion of knights and squires they would have outnumbered the English men-of-arms several times even if the total numbers were closer.

[@alextaylor29]

Great video, liked and subscribed. What I find amazing is the French did not learn from the battle of Crecy 75 years before this battle where the results were nearly the same with similar tactics.