Battle of Crecy, animated film.

The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King Edward III. The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France during the Hundred Years' War, resulting in an English victory and heavy loss of life among the French.

[battlesind]

The English, not British, sorry there are some errors in the script.. new video will be about battle of Hastings

[holextv]

Fun fact: the black prince was so impressed with the king of bohemia bravery, that he adopted his personal badge, the ostrich feather, as his own.
Its been the badge of the princess of wales ever since

[xwrt]

I see a great future for this channel. Keep it going and keep them comming. I've been expecting something like this for a while now, the time of squares and rectangles standing in for armies is coming to an end. The time of 3rd animated battles is upon us. What a time to be alive.

[remlenomis]

Unfortunately, like all these animated recreations, you've missed the most important part of the battlefield, which determined the disposition and movements of both armies. From the Route de Fontaine in the south almost to Wadicourt in the north, the Vallee des Clercs is lined to the west with a 45-degree overgrown bank ranging from 2 to 6 metres deep, over which an armoured man-at-arms would have trouble passing, and a mounted knight had no chance at all. It's a geological feature that was there in 1346, and if you look for it, you can still follow its line on Google maps after nearly 7 centuries of ploughing the surrounding fields. I doubt the French knew of its existence until their scouts stumbled across it, but one would imagine Edward did when he chose to defend the ridge to the west. It's presence meant the French army had to march in close formation up the Fontaine road under the arrows of the English and Welsh archers on the ridge, and then deploy across the Black Prince's battle-front, all the while being shot at distances of around 200 yards before they even began to advance. It's for this reason that the Prince's Battle bore the brunt of the fighting. The huge disproportion in dead between the two armies suggests very few of the French charges even closed with the ranks of English men-at-arms and archers, or the Welsh archers and spearmen. But however many actually did, they didn't come in long lines stretching across the valley north to south between Wadicourt and Crecy. Edward's choice of battlefield, like Wellington's 470 years later, was one of the key determinants in deciding the outcome of the battle.

[blackfang]

Now this is a great idea for a series, i’ve watched many history videos and the battles are always simulated with circles and squares from a bird’s eye views. This gives us a more 3D view of the battle and I look forward to seeing more videos from you

[xornxenophon]

So your plan is to rush a tired army of knights uphill and frontally into a well-prepared position of spearmen?
King of France: "Yes! It will be glorious! And I want it to be done piece-meal to decrease the effectiveness even more!"

[bmxerqf]

I've heard other sources which say the crossbowmen didn't leave their shields behind due to overconfidence, the luggage cart carrying the shields was further back in the convoy and hadn't made it to the battlefield in time

[ambientlightofdarknesss]

Holy heck yes! I LOVE that the epic history documetaries are making their way to Youtube now and more ppl are having their own take on the genre! I can already see this channel gaining millions of subs and the battles being more and more epic! the 3d nature of it is also extremely original and you can actually realize the full SCALE of these battles instead of just seeing squares move on a background

[MrGamerTrainer]

I LOVE your animation, really gives perspective to the size of the battle that you don’t get elsewhere. The narration is fantastic as well - 1 new sub here!

[amapgameplayer]

After watching this I clicked to see if you had any other videos. Realising you haven’t I encourage you to make more great ones like this.

[mariofiaschi]

Excellent animation! If only we could watch all the historic battles like this! Outstanding work attesting the capabilities of modern hardware.

[joshuanguyen]

This is one of the best productions of battle i've ever seen. I really really really like this. Would love Napolean campaigns in this sort of production style.

[mashek]

I really enjoyed this! The music coupled with the storytelling and animation was done to a very good quality. I can't wait to see if anything else is planned next.

[damiensteiner]

Great presentation of one ugly battle in a nasty war. The conflicts between my country & France have been brutal to say the least. I take more inspiration from the channel tunnel & concorde. Two great nations working in collaboration. That's what we need more of nowadays.

[darecarry]

excellent idea, excellent performance . if you continue like that you will be one of best historical channels to ever exist .
subscribed and waiting for more
👏

[stevekaczynski]

The reference to "British" is anachronistic - if there were any Scots present they would have been in the French king's guard, although some of the bowmen fighting for Edward were probably Welsh.

[BlcKsu]

Excellent work on the video mate, it's nice to see a visual representation of the battle, hopefully there are many more to come and from various time periods as well.

[ThutUPB]

Fun fact: In the span of 58 years two Czech kings fell in a battle. Both these battles took place on August 26th...

[panzergaming]

Best history channel and animations makes the battle very immersive please make more

[theJukeboxHero]

I like this form of presentation. Watching colorful rectangles disintegrate is fun, but seeing actual soldiers move and fall is even cooler