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 These videos are extremely outdated, so we decided to redo them and finish this series. 6 more episodes on the most important battles of the war are written and are on the way!
A video on first anglo-mysore war would be good and the whole anglo-indian colonial wars(anglo-mysore, anglo-marathas,anglo-sikhs)and rebellion can turned into a series.
Finally you got around to this series! Hope you remember to resume your series on the Byzantine-Seljuk Wars, the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars, and of course, NAPOLEON!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
Honestly, even one raid is bad enough to make life impossible. Imagine if a bunch of soldiers came over, robbed your stuff, burnt your house, had fun with your mum, and left your dad in pieces. No one can really recover from that trauma.
“Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away. Instead, take me to the place where the noise of the battle is the loudest. The Lord will be with us. Nothing to fear. Just take good care of my son!” -JOHN OF BOHEMIA last words
The Jester said to King Philip VI, “Our knights are much braver than the English.” “How so?” said Philip. “The English do not dare to jump into the sea in full armour.”
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.
@@geoffboxell9301 actually, the idiom "keep it under your hat" started appearing in the 19th century in literature. there's no evidence of it being a common phrase significantly before that time. also, the idiom refers to keeping something a secret. what do storing bowstrings and secrets have in common?
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.
@@triplem5770 Their pavise were still on the waggons - they should never have been sent forward without them. However, the higher rate of shot and longer range of the English war bows would always leave the crossbow men at a disadvantage in all situations other than siege.
@@triplem5770 Crossbows had a far easier time piercing shields and plate than the longbow. Also even bodkin arrows wouldn't pierce plate that easily and deeply, especially at long distances.
And that level of sheer incompetency was also shown in many wars when the French were unable to fight decisively yet led by an incompetent leadership Honestly these charges at Crecy remind me of Ney's charge at Waterloo
@@MedjayofFaiyum ok, now I have to defend Marshall Ney :D Ney missjudged the right timing for the charge at Waterloo, but at least there was some thought behind it. He wasn't on top of his game after the Russian campain. The French knights at Crecy: a) wanted to fight when they were exhausted b) wanted to fight against an entrenched and well prepared enemy c) went out of their way to kill their countrymen first d) didn't learn from their mistakes e) had their show stolen by an old blind man (true badass if you ask me)
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, did not get called "The Black Prince" till after his death and the nickname is thought to have come from his black enamelled jousting armour that was on display by his tomb at Canterbury Cathedral.
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.
Not really. Either the black prince would be good enough to win or he wouldn't make a good future ruler. Also back then they considered victory to be down to the acts of gods will. So if edward was to be king he would need to be favoured by god, and thus would win the battle.
well it depended on the inheritance and succession laws of the specific territory. In some weird cases the younger son ended up with the title and the older daughter with the land.
At first, the Salic Law only applied to the throne of France itself. For example, Joan, the daughter of Philip V of France (who was the king directly before the Charles IV whose death precipitates this whole war), wasn't able to inherit France itself, but inherited the County of Artois from her mother. Later on, the Salic Law was more strictly enforced, although female inheritance in France continued for some centuries in many cases (Catherine de' Medici, for example, was Countess of Auvergne in her own right, having inherited it from her aunt).
Actually the Salic law has only been brought forth several decades later to legitimate the decision. From 987 to 1314, every French King had at least one living son when he died so there had been no inheritance problem. But when in 1316 Louis X died with only a girl and a pregnant wife, whose son would only live 5 days, his brother Philippe V decided to put aside the daughter and crown himself King, with the nobles' consent. He died with only a daughter, and his brother Charles IV used his precedence to take the throne. When he died, the nobles just didn't want the English King to rule them, and thought that giving the throne to Philippe VI would make him having a debt towards them, so they put aside Edward. Simple as that. The so-called Salic law wasn't actually used during the proceedings, it's a justification from hindsight.
It was already after sunset at that time and fairly dark so nobody could really see what they were doing. They sent a blind man to lead the charge because they figured he would have more experience fighting blind.
Or just don't send crossbow men against longbows in the rain if it rains the longbow men simply de string their bows and tuck the strings in the jackets to keep them dry then when the Rain stops re string them plus it was a bad move to send them with out their shields which would have given them the edge over the longbows
Most times when you learn about military whiffs, you can kind of understand what the commander was thinking. Or appreciate the deception of his opponent. Then there's this. Averagely competent English commander takes the high ground and fortifies it, playing to his strengths. Then the french just march uphill right into spears and longbows while marching over one another. What outcome could they have possibly expected? Its just baffling
And that's also after killing their own soldiers who failed having had no support to begin with. The system of nobility was so toxic that they simply saw much of their armies as battle fodder. Even the English had this toxic mentality to a degree and this exploded in WW1 when troops were forced to march into direct gunfire in order to try and win a few meters of no-mans land (so much of the death toll of WW1 was thanks to the military hierarchy seeing the battle as a numbers game of deaths vs kills and little more).
@@lesdodoclips3915 true enough. I more meant in this battle its not like he tactically re invented the wheel. The french just played directly into his strengths while utilizing none of their own.
@Monarchy is the best! animating squares is a lot easier than finding thousands of extras, outfitting them in military attire, and having them reenact a battle. I don’t know why y’all are hating on HBO or even comparing these two. HBO is for (the most part) live action television shows. This channel is for animated documentaries. They couldn’t be further apart. HBO has produced a lot of fantastic shows and K&G has produced a lot of fantastic documentaries. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
Great video. The Battle of Crecy was very significant, most importantly because it left Calais in English control for more than 200 years. I wonder how Phillip VI's army would have done at Crecy if they had rested instead of attacking when they were exhausted. The English policy of training many longbowmen paid massive dividends in this battle thanks to the rain disabling the French crossbows. The English longbowman did horrendous damage to the French army and were really the MVPs of the Battle of Crecy. I look forward to the rest of the videos in this series!
This is the best one yet! I've watched dozens, probably triple digits of these, here and at Baz and Marche etc, and this one breaks new ground in clarity, background, animations, images of armour and equipment and other detail. Congratulations Kings and Generals and a huge thank you for elevating this wonderful art to brilliant new heights! Absolutely excellent work, and how great that it is of one of my favourite battles, the site of which I visited a few years back. Talk about bringing it to life. Well done!
I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for this series! This is by far one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. I absolutely love the work you guys do!
Somehow, this channel has managed to release a video on exactly the period of history I was most interested in at the time on several occasions. Thank you so much.
Man, the integration of EU4 music and the usual K&G's quality, it's just epic, thank you guys so much for all your amazing work and to Paradox for letting you use their music
22:16 Important fact. Bohemian king John ( Jan Lucemburský in czech ) wanted to make suicide in this battle. He was blind and sick and wanted to die on the battlefield. But most important this is that after this battle Bohemian throne passed to his son Charles IV. Most succesful king in our history and also Holy Roman Emperor. Many castles and building are named after him for example in Prague- Charles bridge, Charles square, Charles castle ( Karlstein) near from Prague and Charles University in Prague. First University in Europe north from Alps. Btw. I myself am graduate from this University (faculty of medicine). :)
I'd be interested in seeing videos about Patay, Formigny and Castillon. Always seemed weird to me that even though the English lost the war we never get to see their defeats.
@@chinchilla415 true, and to be honest I am a bit of a french knight fanboy, so only seeing them lose all the time is pretty irritating (though Bazbattles and KnG did make videos about French knights/knights in general obliterating their enemies)
Because they were the best at the time and they lost spectacularly. People like story about the underdog winning and it's pretty much the same here. But at the end of the day the french won so if he covers all the hundred year war we will see the french victories. Just you wait
@@Cancoillotteman They wore down everyone and married anybody, thus fixing things Guess what? The crazy king of France married his daughter to Henry V and she produced a crazy son who ruled England starting in his infancy. King Henry VI was by far, the craziest and worse king in all of England's history and this led to total chaos at home which was called 'The War of the Roses' but it really was 'War to replace a totally insane idiot king.'
Kings and Generals should do a profile of Jeanne de Clisson, a Breton noblewoman who became a notorious pirate, and ally of the English during this period. Her story fascinates.
The Hundred Years War is one of my favourite historical conflicts... Thank you Kings and Generals for creating such a beautiful video with an intricate explanation of the events...
@@Bringlish1986 technically the French won, but they were on the receiving end of major defeats throughout the war. It's like the American Civil war. The Union lost a lot of battles against the Confederacy, but still won the war.
The book was about the BATTLE of Agincourt not the entire war. If he’d written a book about the entire one Hundred Years’ War then yes he would have mentioned who won the war . How many times does he need to “depict” the fact that theFrench won the war when that is completely irrelevant to the story he was telling ?
Everyone interested in this period get out there this summer after lockdown and join a field archery club and keep our traditions going. Learn how difficult this skill was and how strong you would have to be to pull these bows. We on average pull a third or a quarter of the draw these men pulled with ease, they were beasts!
Well im interested in this period but i should rather learn artillery or horse riding if i want to keep the long traditions going, and its far less accessible...
@@milanmericskay8003 The stand out difference in this age was our ability to field highly skilled longbowmen. That is a uniquely English trait but thank you for your opinion.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- good question! I think range would have been a big factor. If the English could have bottlenecked them and used range, it would have been a win.
@Uhtred of Bebbanburg yeah look at how the byzantime horse archers a group of men trained to fire more accurately then the hunnic/mongol way loosing many arrows.
Reminded of the book "the Archer" from Bernard Cornwell, It tells in the first book with very interisting details about this battle, could you perhaps do a video about the battle of the cross of Nevilles? - also mentioned in the Second book of the archer's tale, where a huge scottish army faced a small group assembled by the Archbishop of York and leaders of the north, which led to the capture of their king David II. Great stuff as always!!
OMG you made me so happy thank you thousand times K&G! my favourite bits of history on my favourite channel.. you create so much value it is incredible! much love
in the words of Zap Brannigan: "You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down. Kif, show them the medal I won."
Kings and generals Congratulations on the battle of Crécy, I really look forward to making the second part of the 100-year war series as soon as possible.
If the Thirty Years War series had 10 episodes, I fully expect this series to have 33 episodes. It's only mathematically fair to your viewers. Thank you. Love you.
The Scots under King Robert were utilizing the chevauchee into northern England throughout the reign of Edward II before it was cool. Great video, love the channel.
"Far from it that the King of Bohemia flee, but to get there lead me where there is greatest uproar of the fight in vigor; the Lord is with us, we must fear nothing, only keep my son diligently." King John of Bohemia was a helluva man.
If you're interested in the Hundred Years' War origin I strongly recommend the book series "The Accursed Kings", "the original game of thrones" according to George R. R. Martin.
Every King/General in Medieval: 1. I want to take that land its rich! 2. Let's weaken the enemy by burning it down 3. Wait, there's nothing left here 4. Why this land keep rebelling!?
The EU4 music jumped out at me during the first half of this video! Awesome! Your channel's videos have certainly improved from the originals...well done!!! This was an amazing battle with startling results
so you mean to say you conquered half of the world from with your joystick? Wow!! What a huge accomplishment and what a sad life you're leading in your mom's basement!!
@@truthhunter9707 But, specifically in this case. Leaving your infantry in the back and have them do nothing. Charging entrenched infantry on a hill. Not using your superior numbers to turn an enemy flank. These are all basic things any decent war gamer knows. Makes more sense when you remember most of them got their jobs because of their family, along with an average intelligence you're sporting up there just shows how stupid they really could be.
There is a difference between controlling a 10,000 strong army with an aerial perspective and a few mouse clicks, and having to control that same army from a small perspective with only messengers/battle instruments/shouting to communicate over the din of battle. Not to mention having to deal with disobedient or demoralised officers and/or soldiers in battle.
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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!
The Longbowmen numbers are off at 18:20 should be 7000
Napoleonic Wars when
A video on first anglo-mysore war would be good and the whole anglo-indian colonial wars(anglo-mysore, anglo-marathas,anglo-sikhs)and rebellion can turned into a series.
Finally you got around to this series! Hope you remember to resume your series on the Byzantine-Seljuk Wars, the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars, and of course, NAPOLEON!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think there are a couple battles you could have done before the battle of Crecy (Tournai, Caen, etc.)
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
Honestly, even one raid is bad enough to make life impossible. Imagine if a bunch of soldiers came over, robbed your stuff, burnt your house, had fun with your mum, and left your dad in pieces. No one can really recover from that trauma.
@@DieNibelungenliad Lots of boys and men who suffered that fate became brigands and mercenaries themselves.
@Timur Sayfullah They joined at 13 years old, sometimes even younger. There was no definition of being an adult.
@Timur Sayfullah Sounds like people on Oprah.
@Timur Sayfullah highly unlikely
There's something madly poetic about the blind King leading his troops from the front and charging into to a lost battle.
Also it is funny that the Blind king led the most successful attack of the battle considering that he could not even see the battlefield!
“Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away. Instead, take me to the place where the noise of the battle is the loudest. The Lord will be with us. Nothing to fear. Just take good care of my son!” -JOHN OF BOHEMIA last words
Theres also something hilarious about the french madly charging infantry head first and getting rekt.
Dont be shy to add in to my list, boyos:
Battle of agincourt,
Battle of golden spurs
Bremule
Alijubarrota
Nicopolis
Poitiers
Crecy
Waterloo
@@kurumtelefon7148 Any links?
Philip's jester: "my lord, there's been an incident in the north..."
Philip: "HA! I freakin' LOVE this guy!"
Hahaha...i love that u used EU IV music background if only u also used that declare war sound....
The Jester said to King Philip VI, “Our knights are much braver than the English.” “How so?” said Philip. “The English do not dare to jump into the sea in full armour.”
@@RubenBunskoeke ok, that's a pretty funny way to break the news
@@RubenBunskoeke I wish he actually said that.
@@declanjones8888 He really did!
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.
This is where the phrase "Keep it under your hat" cam from.
Also they had them stored in “water proof” or resistant bags well greased.
I think the genoise being deprived of their shields is understated as well
@Geoff Boxell finally someone knows his stuff ! They used to coil them and stow them under their helm
@@geoffboxell9301 actually, the idiom "keep it under your hat" started appearing in the 19th century in literature. there's no evidence of it being a common phrase significantly before that time. also, the idiom refers to keeping something a secret. what do storing bowstrings and secrets have in common?
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.
The French should have learnt what the massed English Archers could do as the Welsh and Scots had already been smashed by them.
@@triplem5770 Their pavise were still on the waggons - they should never have been sent forward without them. However, the higher rate of shot and longer range of the English war bows would always leave the crossbow men at a disadvantage in all situations other than siege.
Worth noting that it rained too. It’s not even funny how bad a time it was to attack.
@@triplem5770 Crossbows had a far easier time piercing shields and plate than the longbow. Also even bodkin arrows wouldn't pierce plate that easily and deeply, especially at long distances.
The only reason why their charge failed is because their massive balls slowed them down too much.
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.
Lol blind King John of Bohemia really was the MVP for the French that day
Then on top of that the blind foreign king was nae naed and the attack repulsed by a teenager.
@@asfm2 “teenager” isn’t the same thing as it is now, back then. People grew up fast
I hope that battle doesn’t give the French a bad reputation.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 Well WW2 sure gave it not a very great rep
The sheer level of incompetency of the French at Crecy is staggering. Human wave doctrine but with knights...
And that level of sheer incompetency was also shown in many wars when the French were unable to fight decisively yet led by an incompetent leadership
Honestly these charges at Crecy remind me of Ney's charge at Waterloo
@@MedjayofFaiyum ok, now I have to defend Marshall Ney :D
Ney missjudged the right timing for the charge at Waterloo, but at least there was some thought behind it. He wasn't on top of his game after the Russian campain.
The French knights at Crecy:
a) wanted to fight when they were exhausted
b) wanted to fight against an entrenched and well prepared enemy
c) went out of their way to kill their countrymen first
d) didn't learn from their mistakes
e) had their show stolen by an old blind man (true badass if you ask me)
Don't forget how the french knights bungled up the battle of Nicopolis (1396) and single handedly lost the battle for Sigismund.
@@alexhatfield4448 ...Napoleon?
@@alexhatfield4448 every war you know of you mean
Edward "The Black Prince" wins the badass historical nickname competition in my book.
Aurelian “restorer of the world” is the most badass title
@@fredbarker9201 That's a great one as well.
Bayized thunderbolt
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, did not get called "The Black Prince" till after his death and the nickname is thought to have come from his black enamelled jousting armour that was on display by his tomb at Canterbury Cathedral.
Mongols: You are weak! Temujin The Earthquaker is the most badass
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.
@@loslobos786 Holy fuck, really ?
@@GG-bw3uz he had to 'Earn his spurs'
Survive and be worthy of being King. Surrender/Die and your father has other sons to replace you with.
"Are ya winning son?"
Not really. Either the black prince would be good enough to win or he wouldn't make a good future ruler. Also back then they considered victory to be down to the acts of gods will. So if edward was to be king he would need to be favoured by god, and thus would win the battle.
@@markm7776 Yup, it just helped he was a little mad too.
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."
They just don't want to see themselves under an English king and took any excuses to cover it
well it depended on the inheritance and succession laws of the specific territory. In some weird cases the younger son ended up with the title and the older daughter with the land.
At first, the Salic Law only applied to the throne of France itself. For example, Joan, the daughter of Philip V of France (who was the king directly before the Charles IV whose death precipitates this whole war), wasn't able to inherit France itself, but inherited the County of Artois from her mother. Later on, the Salic Law was more strictly enforced, although female inheritance in France continued for some centuries in many cases (Catherine de' Medici, for example, was Countess of Auvergne in her own right, having inherited it from her aunt).
Hypocrisy is the most-used tool in politics, as we can see even today.
Actually the Salic law has only been brought forth several decades later to legitimate the decision.
From 987 to 1314, every French King had at least one living son when he died so there had been no inheritance problem.
But when in 1316 Louis X died with only a girl and a pregnant wife, whose son would only live 5 days, his brother Philippe V decided to put aside the daughter and crown himself King, with the nobles' consent. He died with only a daughter, and his brother Charles IV used his precedence to take the throne. When he died, the nobles just didn't want the English King to rule them, and thought that giving the throne to Philippe VI would make him having a debt towards them, so they put aside Edward. Simple as that.
The so-called Salic law wasn't actually used during the proceedings, it's a justification from hindsight.
you could say KIng John of Bohemia never saw it coming when he charge into battle
You could say that it was a......BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY! :D
He knew very well he was going to die.
He wanted to die. Everyone knows that from primary school.
It was already after sunset at that time and fairly dark so nobody could really see what they were doing.
They sent a blind man to lead the charge because they figured he would have more experience fighting blind.
@@martinsriber7760 yes, of course he knew that, I wasmaking a joke
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.
Vždycky jsem u takových videí zvědavý, kolik Čechů se na to podívalo.
@@jirivacek8367 Dost neboj :D
Jo jo Karel je nejlepší
Crécy je česky Kresčak. Když nás o tomhle učili ve škole, dělali jsme si z toho srandu, že to byla bitva u krosčeku.
"I may be blind, but I aint a pussy"
-John of Bohemia
Here’s a tip: DON’T try to take a ridge at twilight when it’s raining.
Nicely summed up!
What could possibly go wrong? Napoleons marshals did that all the time...
Or just don't send crossbow men against longbows in the rain if it rains the longbow men simply de string their bows and tuck the strings in the jackets to keep them dry then when the Rain stops re string them plus it was a bad move to send them with out their shields which would have given them the edge over the longbows
and don't mindlessly charge a fortified position head on, no matter how much elan you have, it won't succeed, it never has.
Most times when you learn about military whiffs, you can kind of understand what the commander was thinking. Or appreciate the deception of his opponent.
Then there's this. Averagely competent English commander takes the high ground and fortifies it, playing to his strengths. Then the french just march uphill right into spears and longbows while marching over one another.
What outcome could they have possibly expected? Its just baffling
They expected something like the Battle of The Angrivarian Wall.
And that's also after killing their own soldiers who failed having had no support to begin with.
The system of nobility was so toxic that they simply saw much of their armies as battle fodder.
Even the English had this toxic mentality to a degree and this exploded in WW1 when troops were forced to march into direct gunfire in order to try and win a few meters of no-mans land (so much of the death toll of WW1 was thanks to the military hierarchy seeing the battle as a numbers game of deaths vs kills and little more).
Edward the 3rd wasn’t averagely competent, he was a warrior king who has scored many victories against the odds by this point.
@@lesdodoclips3915 true enough. I more meant in this battle its not like he tactically re invented the wheel. The french just played directly into his strengths while utilizing none of their own.
@@421less1 fair enough
Finally the 116 years war
And 4 months and 3 weeks and 4 days*
Kings and generals is like HBO on steroids
Steroids on HBO
@@ktheterkuceder6825 In some way
@@ktheterkuceder6825 Well, that's more correct.
True
@Monarchy is the best! animating squares is a lot easier than finding thousands of extras, outfitting them in military attire, and having them reenact a battle.
I don’t know why y’all are hating on HBO or even comparing these two. HBO is for (the most part) live action television shows. This channel is for animated documentaries. They couldn’t be further apart. HBO has produced a lot of fantastic shows and K&G has produced a lot of fantastic documentaries. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
Now France, as long as you don’t blindly charge them you’ll win.
France: “I’m gonna charge even harder”
This exaxtly what happened on waterloo
After 80 years of war : "What about we charge them sideways ?"
And it worked. The worst is that it worked.
Yes it's what they did at Patay in 1429
With all that armour on it isn't strange that they would want to end the battle quickly. 😂😂
Me: Time to sleep for work tomorrow.
Kings and Generals: Battle of Crecy.
Me: Well, well, well, let's watch this.
Lul, It's midday at my place, well.. Afternoon
same
Sleep is overrated...
Yeah I should be lesson planning for this upcoming week... but instead I'm here lol
same shit
Great video. The Battle of Crecy was very significant, most importantly because it left Calais in English control for more than 200 years. I wonder how Phillip VI's army would have done at Crecy if they had rested instead of attacking when they were exhausted. The English policy of training many longbowmen paid massive dividends in this battle thanks to the rain disabling the French crossbows. The English longbowman did horrendous damage to the French army and were really the MVPs of the Battle of Crecy. I look forward to the rest of the videos in this series!
French knights: Hacked the crossbowmen like the younglings.
Fortunately you had better commanders and more disciplined troops!
Knight Skywalker, there are too many of them, what are we going to do?
This is the best one yet! I've watched dozens, probably triple digits of these, here and at Baz and Marche etc, and this one breaks new ground in clarity, background, animations, images of armour and equipment and other detail. Congratulations Kings and Generals and a huge thank you for elevating this wonderful art to brilliant new heights! Absolutely excellent work, and how great that it is of one of my favourite battles, the site of which I visited a few years back. Talk about bringing it to life. Well done!
Chevauchee: reversed scorched earth, yet still has the same effect for both sides.
I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for this series! This is by far one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. I absolutely love the work you guys do!
Somehow, this channel has managed to release a video on exactly the period of history I was most interested in at the time on several occasions. Thank you so much.
Last time i was this early, Rollo was given the duchy of Normandy
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT video 👍💪👏👏
That was over 500 years before this 😂
@@pooboi8600 exactly but that being said we can agree that this was a great video. Another banger of a series
911, saint clair sur epte !
Man, the integration of EU4 music and the usual K&G's quality, it's just epic, thank you guys so much for all your amazing work and to Paradox for letting you use their music
Any idea what the track at 16:00 is?
I still the remember the old crecy video,was one of my favourites, i am very thankful that you guys are doing the entire series now 😃😃
AHHH ENGLAND IS NOT RED
why does this bother me so much
I'm glad it's not just me ._.
because it breaks the red vs blue tradition
@@milanmericskay8003 f*ckin Napoleon......lol
ur not the only one
Yes and the Holy Roman Empire is often yellow
This was quite helpful. “I have the high ground” and timing played into the battle immensely!
French knights: You underestimate my power!
Edward: Don’t try it.
'It's over, Philippe! We have the dry ground!'
- Edward III
This french morale costed a crusade lost haha
This is very similar to what you did in Waterloo, though...
Only a tyrant deals in absolutes.
Crossbowmen retreat
Some French noble: execute order 66!
Edward: How many men would you like to lose on this day?
Phillip: Oui!
How long is a piece of string?
22:16 Important fact.
Bohemian king John ( Jan Lucemburský in czech ) wanted to make suicide in this battle. He was blind and sick and wanted to die on the battlefield. But most important this is that after this battle Bohemian throne passed to his son Charles IV. Most succesful king in our history and also Holy Roman Emperor. Many castles and building are named after him for example in Prague- Charles bridge, Charles square, Charles castle ( Karlstein) near from Prague and Charles University in Prague. First University in Europe north from Alps. Btw. I myself am graduate from this University (faculty of medicine). :)
Can't get enough of your videos on medieval history. They are my lifesaver and I cannot thank you enough for your wonderful work!
bless you kings and generals. you turn history into art.
Anyone else vibin with the EU4 music poppin off in the background😂
yeah, now i want to 1444 and play as England and PU France :P
@@lukehaddad6387 😡
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."
"Grandma killed my mother"
pretty much lmao, English princes now party for fun, English princes then just decide to invade france for fun.
Or they get a girlfriend that makes them disown their family and spit on their heritage lol
@@sausagejockyGaming 😂😂
@@silverhost9782 I’m American and was screaming “don’t fucking do it Harry!!”.
I'd be interested in seeing videos about Patay, Formigny and Castillon. Always seemed weird to me that even though the English lost the war we never get to see their defeats.
I very much agree with you
Swede here. Agreed. And how it's lost on most normies and longbow fanboys that England ultimately lost the war.
@@chinchilla415 Still took a hundred years though lol
@@chinchilla415 true, and to be honest I am a bit of a french knight fanboy, so only seeing them lose all the time is pretty irritating (though Bazbattles and KnG did make videos about French knights/knights in general obliterating their enemies)
Because they were the best at the time and they lost spectacularly. People like story about the underdog winning and it's pretty much the same here. But at the end of the day the french won so if he covers all the hundred year war we will see the french victories. Just you wait
Yes, yes and more yes! Thanks for returning to the hundred years war Remember this video back in the old days of the channel.
someday maybe, we may by accident see a French victory in this war France won in the end...
@@Cancoillotteman They wore down everyone and married anybody, thus fixing things Guess what? The crazy king of France married his daughter to Henry V and she produced a crazy son who ruled England starting in his infancy. King Henry VI was by far, the craziest and worse king in all of England's history and this led to total chaos at home which was called 'The War of the Roses' but it really was 'War to replace a totally insane idiot king.'
Revisiting one of your oldies. Thanks for so much all over this years.
I love learning about Charles II the bad of Navarre. Could you make a video about him, his life, and Navarre during the 100 years war?
I love that you guys remake your old videos. True dedication to quality of work!
Kings and Generals should do a profile of Jeanne de Clisson, a Breton noblewoman who became a notorious pirate, and ally of the English during this period. Her story fascinates.
16:15 Blind King of Bohemia, ''I summon you to fulfill your oath!''
John of Bohemia: "Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away."
Toho bohdá nebude!
The Hundred Years War is one of my favourite historical conflicts... Thank you Kings and Generals for creating such a beautiful video with an intricate explanation of the events...
Who won?
@@Bringlish1986 technically the French won, but they were on the receiving end of major defeats throughout the war. It's like the American Civil war. The Union lost a lot of battles against the Confederacy, but still won the war.
Bernard Cornwell’s Thomas of Hookton series is set during this period and is an excellent read as are all of his books
Love them to bits. The one on Agincourt (haven’t read them in a while, so can’t remember if it was the “g” or “z”) was incredible
Funny how he rarely depicts the little fact that the french won that war. The guy is a xenophobe and Nationalist.
The book was about the BATTLE of Agincourt not the entire war. If he’d written a book about the entire one Hundred Years’ War then yes he would have mentioned who won the war .
How many times does he need to “depict” the fact that theFrench won the war when that is completely irrelevant to the story he was telling ?
@@herodotus945 “noooo how dare you cover an English victory and not mention that France won around 40 years later”
I can believe this high quality documentary for free, i will start to support as soon as I can. Thanks, Kings and Generals
Everyone interested in this period get out there this summer after lockdown and join a field archery club and keep our traditions going. Learn how difficult this skill was and how strong you would have to be to pull these bows. We on average pull a third or a quarter of the draw these men pulled with ease, they were beasts!
Well im interested in this period but i should rather learn artillery or horse riding if i want to keep the long traditions going, and its far less accessible...
@@milanmericskay8003 The stand out difference in this age was our ability to field highly skilled longbowmen. That is a uniquely English trait but thank you for your opinion.
@@andsowot I wonder how the Mongols mounted archers would have faired against the highly accurate Longbow men.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- good question! I think range would have been a big factor. If the English could have bottlenecked them and used range, it would have been a win.
@Uhtred of Bebbanburg yeah look at how the byzantime horse archers a group of men trained to fire more accurately then the hunnic/mongol way loosing many arrows.
Love how in depth you go and ur graphics
Reminded of the book "the Archer" from Bernard Cornwell, It tells in the first book with very interisting details about this battle, could you perhaps do a video about the battle of the cross of Nevilles? - also mentioned in the Second book of the archer's tale, where a huge scottish army faced a small group assembled by the Archbishop of York and leaders of the north, which led to the capture of their king David II. Great stuff as always!!
Appreciate this video reboot, and am looking forward to rest of your Hundred Year's War series.
When I heard EU4 music I realized that this series is gonna be great!
Honestly im a bit perplexed that they hadnt sponsored more channels in youtube like kings and general
@@doopboop8359 I know right? I was so waiting for "Battle of Lepanto" when K&G did... battle of Lepanto ._.
Any idea what the track at 16:00 is?
@@jackmolyneaux4907 That's not EU4.
OMG you made me so happy thank you thousand times K&G! my favourite bits of history on my favourite channel.. you create so much value it is incredible! much love
in the words of Zap Brannigan: "You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down. Kif, show them the medal I won."
“Wouldn’t it be easier to just send the peasants... *choking noises*
Kings and generals Congratulations on the battle of Crécy, I really look forward to making the second part of the 100-year war series as soon as possible.
King Edward III was clearly trained by General Kenobi, he understand that an enemy's army size is not comparable to the power of the Highground.
Amazing content! So glad you covered this battle ! I just read about it and the map really helps like always ♥️ thanks for your work Kings & Generals
If the Thirty Years War series had 10 episodes, I fully expect this series to have 33 episodes. It's only mathematically fair to your viewers. Thank you. Love you.
awesome video thank you so much for posting your videos have gotten me through some pretty tough times in the past
Edward III: It's over Philip, I have the high ground.
Philip VI: You underestimate my power!
Edward III: Don't try it.
Such an amazing time period to see giving its due justice by this channel, awesome work!
I like the use of music from eu4 and CK2 it fits preety neatly into the timeframe
Any idea what the track at 16:00 is?
INJECT THIS INTO MY VEINS!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE THE ORIGINAL VIDEOS WERE MADE YEARS AGO AND ITS FINALLY HERE!!!
I grew up with a book trilogy about the hundred years war. I can't wait to get to hear about Bertrand du Guesclin, a childhood hero of mine.
The Scots under King Robert were utilizing the chevauchee into northern England throughout the reign of Edward II before it was cool. Great video, love the channel.
"Far from it that the King of Bohemia flee, but to get there lead me where there is greatest uproar of the fight in vigor; the Lord is with us, we must fear nothing, only keep my son diligently."
King John of Bohemia was a helluva man.
Hey K&G thanks for stunning content . Such as this vid
If you're interested in the Hundred Years' War origin I strongly recommend the book series "The Accursed Kings", "the original game of thrones" according to George R. R. Martin.
I was thinking of exactly that. Robert of Artois and his aunt are the main characters.
Love the paradox music in the background
Thanks, KnG for updating your old videos can't wait for the rest of the 100y War!
Brilliant video. The Hundred Years War is lacking good content on TH-cam, so it’s nice to see you and HistoryMarche filling that void!
OMG IT'S HAPPENING
EVERYBODY STAY CALM
Thank you...really enjoy this channel!
nicely done my padawan
He is your master young padawan.
One of the most exciting and hype videos i have ever seen in K&G. Great work guys, and all the best for future videos.
7:00 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS 4 MUSIC!!! :O
Finally! This one is the "The Stage is Set".
Now waiting for Battle of Lepanto.
EDIT: 23:05 "The Voyage".
wygląda na to że Waldetoft sprzedał swoją muzykę nie tylko Paradoxowi XD
6:05 is also EU4 music. It is “piper lead your clansmen”.
Quality documentary right there. Amazing animations. Well done!
Kings n generals,delightning as always.
When will you continue the ottoman series?
I love your attention to detail on the maps; changing even distant realms over time.
French: We will defeat the pigs! Nothing can stop us!
English Longbow: Observe...
English cannons: Allow me to help.
@@velveteensallet949
French cannon bought on french coastal city from french merchant.
actually Welsh Longbows.
England may have won the battle, but lost the war
and finally pigs were actually defeated and english longbow observes the worms 6 feet under ;)
Love you guys, and youtubers like you. This platform really hosts a lot of people that fill in that gap the History channel left me with as a kid.
I'm loving that eu4 music
Kings and Generals truly stands out as a history channel for the awesome content and great animations
Every King/General in Medieval:
1. I want to take that land its rich!
2. Let's weaken the enemy by burning it down
3. Wait, there's nothing left here
4. Why this land keep rebelling!?
Stunningly good as usual. Thank you.
I'm no expert but I've watched enough of these videos to know that attacking an entrenched army on a hill during a thunderstorm isn't a good idea
geeezzz what makes you think that?
Sweet update! Fair play, the only channel keeping me sane through this pandemic.
The longbow did the difference. Greetings from Brasil.
Weather was an important thing to consider
I mean the english were very damn lucky they won though, because they we're demoralized and are lacking supplies
@The Crazy Cat Gentleman eh my bad, thanks for the correction though
@The Crazy Cat Gentleman owh btw its jackass
@The Crazy Cat Gentleman guess we're even
The EU4 music jumped out at me during the first half of this video! Awesome! Your channel's videos have certainly improved from the originals...well done!!! This was an amazing battle with startling results
"Doing precisely what we have done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing they’ll expect us to do this time!"
Blackadder references are always welcome.
Best channel on TH-cam. Always excellent content.
*French crossbowmen retreating*
*Teamkilling occurs*
"WHAT?"
"WHAT?"
Brilliant! Excellent production, usage of maps, animation etc. Really well done, bravo.
That's why Knights may charge without orders in Medieval II
When a K&G video starts with Europa Universalis 4 soundtrack, you know you're in for a good ride. Great video!
Ah yes, knights with their snotty pride... sort of like Anakin.
High Ground!HIgh ground!...nobody can know better than Anakin and Napoleon .-)
@@paprskomet who knows napoleon's greates weakness was sand
Where is the old vedio about this battle it was epic !
I swear to god, 90% of ancient "Generals" coudn't even make it past easy difficulty in a Total War game.
so you mean to say you conquered half of the world from with your joystick? Wow!! What a huge accomplishment and what a sad life you're leading in your mom's basement!!
@@truthhunter9707 But, specifically in this case. Leaving your infantry in the back and have them do nothing. Charging entrenched infantry on a hill. Not using your superior numbers to turn an enemy flank. These are all basic things any decent war gamer knows. Makes more sense when you remember most of them got their jobs because of their family, along with an average intelligence you're sporting up there just shows how stupid they really could be.
There is a difference between controlling a 10,000 strong army with an aerial perspective and a few mouse clicks, and having to control that same army from a small perspective with only messengers/battle instruments/shouting to communicate over the din of battle. Not to mention having to deal with disobedient or demoralised officers and/or soldiers in battle.
Total war is too simplified imo
These men fought actual wars, they lost their lives. Things are a lot different in real life, you should go outside more
I love how I started the video and the music started playing literally right as I started eu4