Battle of Crecy 1346 - Hundred Years' War DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals begins an animated historical animated documentary series on the Hundred Years' War, with the video on the battle of Crecy of 1346. This first video focuses on the origins of the premiere conflict of the medieval history between England led by Edward III and France led by Philip VI, and the first engagements of the 100 Years' War, including Sluys and Crecy. More episodes of this Anglo-French War are on the way, with the videos on Poitiers, La Rochelle, Agincourt, Orleans, Formigny, and Castillon.

Previous videos on the Middle Ages:

#Documentary #Crecy #HundredYearsWar

[KingsandGenerals]

Our very first subscribers probably remember that we have already released videos on Crecy and Poitiers back in the day. These videos are extremely outdated, so we decided to redo them and finish this series. 6 more episodes on the most important battles of the war are written and are on the way!

[jeanaspirateur]

Imagine being a frenchman born in 1300 :
- Born at the start of Little Ice Age which deteriorated agriculture
- As a teen you suffered from the great famine of 1315-1317
- Get your village and lands destroyed in repeated chevauchées from 1337
- Eventually suffered the Black Plague from 1347
What a shitty life

[dtice]

Philip's jester: "my lord, there's been an incident in the north..."

Philip: "HA! I freakin' LOVE this guy!"

[Kraken]

There's something madly poetic about the blind King leading his troops from the front and charging into to a lost battle.

[krystalcz]

You know you sucked at the battle when the most successful attack was led by a foreign Blind king, that couldn't even see the battlefield.

[conradflanagan]

France: "Edward cannot be king of France, because women cannot own land"

Also France: "lol, let's support a woman's claim to rule Brittany."

[kevinc]

Small detail about the rain, the French crossbow strings couldn’t be removed during the rain, so they’re were destroyed but the English longbow strings were easily removable and therefore were dry and unaffected.

[romanbarna]

Beta strategist: Sire, the enemy has well-prepared positions taking advantage of local terrain features. Their infantry is also armed with spears and will anticipate our advance. Our soldiers are tired and disorganized. Let's wait till tomorrow.

Glorious chad knight: Gaston, sound the frontal uphill cavalry charge.

[Barwasser]

The sheer level of incompetency of the French at Crecy is staggering. Human wave doctrine but with knights...

[caesarplaysgames]

Edward "The Black Prince" wins the badass historical nickname competition in my book.

[goshlike]

Average English Prince in the Middle Ages: "I'll set France ablaze!"

Average English Prince nowadays: "Grandma won't let me do what I want."

[apilgurung]

Me: Time to sleep for work tomorrow.

Kings and Generals: Battle of Crecy.

Me: Well, well, well, let's watch this.

[sibowang]

It's insane how a 16 year old Prince Edward was intentionally left to fend for himself and actually won. The entire history of the Hundred Years War is just wild.

[napoleonibonaparte]

French knights: Hacked the crossbowmen like the younglings.

[ikesweitzer]

Here’s a tip: DON’T try to take a ridge at twilight when it’s raining.

[napoleonibonaparte]

French knights: You underestimate my power!
Edward: Don’t try it.

[dennisgichohi]

Kings and generals is like HBO on steroids

[PostmanCZ]

Not only John of Bohemia fought in the battle but his son Charles, the king of Germans and future emperor, too. He was only injured by english arrow.

[gregoryallen]

Now France, as long as you don’t blindly charge them you’ll win.
France: “I’m gonna charge even harder”

[arcadius]

AHHH ENGLAND IS NOT RED

why does this bother me so much