Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (ALL PARTS) ⚔️ England vs France ⚔️ Hundred Years' War DOCUMENTARY

🚩 The year 1415 was the first occasion since 1359 that an English king had invaded France in person. One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V cheered his outnumbered troops to victory at Agincourt and eventually secured control of the French throne.

🚩 I combined all parts of the Battle of Agincourt mini series for easier viewing. I hope you will enjoy the longer version of the video.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎵 Music:
Filmstro
EpidemicSound

#agincourt #history #documentary

[HistoryMarche]

🚩 The year 1415 was the first occasion since 1359 that an English king had invaded France in person. One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V cheered his outnumbered troops to victory at Agincourt and eventually secured control of the French throne.
🚩 I combined all parts of the Battle of Agincourt mini series for easier viewing. I hope you will enjoy the longer version of the video.

[JawsOfHistory]

The amount of critical battles in history that have been won by first insulting the enemy is always staggeringly high.

[vitorpereira]

There is something magical about the Battle of Agincourt. Imagine that you are outnumbered but on your side is none other than your king, inspiring his soldiers with his leadership. If my king was on the front lines I would following him to the end of the world and beyond. Soldiers love leaders who lead from the front, that's why Ceasar and Napoleon were loved.

[duplicitouscanadian]

I love how Henry just....orders the French to run away, and they listened, Henry had balls of steel.

[HistoricalWeapons]

People focus a lot on arrows vs armour but the majority of the arrows will kill the horses which will make the knights crash into the mud. You won’t die from that but it will make you sore and extra slow and encumbered, making it much easier for English longbowmen to hit unarmored spots like the face and making the melee fight much more disadvantaged against the English knights without mud

[davesheppard]

What has always amazed me is that on the night before the Battle of Agincourt the English/Welsh were ordered to be quiet, they could hear the French making merry as it were with good food and drink. The English army were half starved and many were suffering from dysentery and yet they found the strength to draw heavy longbows for a considerable length of time! They must have been severely weakened through hunger. But then again they were fighting for their lives.
Dave.

[gre]

I think there is "another" Agincourt that deserves some love too. The Battle of Aljubarrota (1385) pit the English and the Portuguese against overwhelming numbers of Castillan, Aragonese and French soldiers.

[MrPicklerwoof]

Strategically, the English were always at a huge disadvantage being so far from home. But they managed to raise hell and got some incredible victories on French soil with an ever diminishing army. I can't begin to imagine how maddening and stressful it must have been for France's rulers at that time having to deal with the English.

[nrich]

I'm surprised that no-one has ever mentioned this detail about the battle - the English had archers on the sides of the front line. This would allow arrows to hit the sides or even the rear of French armour where it would be weaker as they reached the English front lines. The armour was designed to protect from frontal blows from an opponent in front of you. This could have made the side archers more effective in their volleys of arrows .

[johntipper]

David McCallion ls one of the best narrators I have come across on YouTube. As usual, great content and great delivery.

[Predator]

What I get from the battle is how effective your environment could be. The English were able to take their 5, 000 archers and shoot upon the slow enemies while preventing them from properly smashing into the forces. Even if the third force charged in, they probably wouldn’t have been able to capitalize on the archers surrounding the French with how muddy the fields are. I very much see this as a great maneuver from King Henry for exploiting the muddy fields against their heavily numbered and more armored opponents.

[davidcunningham]

Proper narration, concise presentation and barely any advertising, good job!

[the_rover]

english longbowmen also were equipped with a sword, as well with a dagger, which is called an "archers pick" which features a long, narrow blade. what it does is terrifying: in close combat, maybe out of arrows, archers are commanded to finish off knights and heavily armoured soldiers on the ground by stabbing their archers pick into weak spots of the opponents' armour, like armpits, eye slits, neck slits, groin, or elsewhere. naughty warfare. archers were also used in close hand to hand combat with their swords, as mentioned in the video (although being used as a hammer, not as an anvil).

someone in the comments stated that longbow bodkin arrows have been lacking to effectively penetrate mail (plate as well as chain) armour. that seems to be true, regarding to some recent experimental records. draw weight of the bow, hitting angle as well as range (close, medium and wide range) have tremendous effect onto penetration ability. bodkin arrows were rather effective against unarmoured horses or coif/leather mail. the wounded horses fell and threw off their riders. though, it is stated that english archers didn't continue to shoot towards fallen, mudstuck or retreating knights, they'd rather be overwhelmed and finished off by other archers out of ammunition in groups by said "archers pick technique".
"thehistorysquad" (youtube channel) has an interesting view on that (equipment on late medieval longbowmen).

[coffee]

This was excellent. I had no idea about the night skirmish before the main battle, or the details of the siege of Harfleur. Very well done.

[Mr.Doesntmatter]

This is the first video I have seen of yours. I am very impressed with how well you laid out the facts of the battle of Agincourt, and gave the siege it's due as well.

[TheWildManEnkidu]

Raoul de Gaucourt isn't really much known but he was pretty badass. Very much the archetype of a heroic knight at the time. He fought at the battle of Nicopolis, and numerous others. He even went on to fight alongside Joan of Arc during the reconquest, and died in his late 80's or early 90's.

[jrjubach]

Wow, what a story. Imagine Henry returning to London after the battle. What a moment.

[patrickchrisrobert]

I freaking love these guys at HistoryMarche man, it just keeps getting better and better

[Fekix]

I've read "La Guerre de Cent Ans" written by Georges Minois (in French). 700+ pages about the Hundred years' war, but it lacked a bit of maps in order to clarify some situations. Thank you for this great video.

[olorin]

That was probably the most accurate depiction of the battle of Agincourt that I have seen yet. Good work!