Battle of Poitiers 1356 AD - Hundred Years' War 

I'm not going say anything at all about this guy's pronunciation, it doesn't matter because at the end of the day this is still a clear, understandable and articulate description of this famous battle and he's obviously knocked himself out making it. Kudos. The moral of this as it had been at Crecy and as it would be again at Agincourt was the same; don't run out of arrows.

I was appalled by your murder of French place names, until you started on English place names and then I thought your balance was admirable.

The French King and his son were abandoned by his knights and was found sculking in a wood by a man at arms William de Birch. As he could not speak French he took the King and his son to his Lord who yn turn took him to the Black Prince. William de Birch was awarde the Arms of the King. This has remained the coat of Arms of the family since that date.

French knight: Look sire! A large, wide field with an uphill run offering no cover. At the end we see the English position fortified on the right and left with a daunting hedgerow in the front. They seem to possess several thousand longbowmen. French king: Perfect! We shall charge them straight on then, that always works.

But unfortunately there were many other battles… .. The last battle of the Hundred Years War was that of Castillon on July 17, 1453, during which the English leader John Talbot was killed. With this French victory, King Charles VII is on the way to reconquer the English possessions of King Henry VI. It only remains to besiege the city of Bordeaux to take over the province of Guyenne in its entirety. At the same time in England Henry VI lost his reason, which led the country into civil war. On October 19, 1453 Bordeaux, which could not count on the arrival of help, capitulated. It is the end of the military operations of the Hundred Years War. But this conflict so particular - because of its length and its unfolding - has the singularity of not having a treaty signifying its end. Begun with the confiscation of Guyenne, the Hundred Years War ended with its final recovery, 116 years later. some battles • June 24, 1340 Naval battle of L’Écluse • the English destroy the Franco-Genoese fleet which was blockading Bruges. • 1346 Battle of Crécy English victory. • 346-1347 Siege of Calais by the English. • 1347 Arrival of the Black Death in France. • 1356 Battle of Poitiers victory of the English, and capture of the King of France Jean le Bon. • May 1360 Treaty of Brétigny  the English obtain territorial concessions removing from France a third of the country. • May 1364 Battle of Cocherel • victory for Bertrand Du Guesclin over Charles de Navarre. • May 1364 Battle of Cocherel • victory for Bertrand Du Guesclin over Charles de Navarre. • 1370 Battle of Pontvallain • victory of Du Guesclin over the English. • 1372 Battle of La Rochelle • the English fleet is defeated by the Castilian fleet allied with France. • 1407-1422 Civil war in France between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians • October 1415 Battle of Azincourt severe French defeat, which Henri V will complete by conquering the northern part of the country. • October 1420 Treaty of Troyes •, which enshrines English supremacy over northern France and Aquitaine. • October 1428 Beginning of the siege of Orleans • by the English. • April 1429 Lifting of the siege of Orleans • June 1429 Battle of Patay • French victory, which opens the way for the reconquest of the north of the country. • July 1429 Coronation of Charles VII in Reims. Joan of Arc consecrates Charles VII in the symbolic city. • April 1436 Charles VII's troops retake Paris • April 1450 Battle of Formigny • French victory, which allows the reconquest of Normandy. • July 1453 Battle of Castillon It marks the first massive use of artillery • French victory, and reconquest of Guyenne. Last military shock of the Hundred Years War. • August 1475 Treaty of Picquigny • Louis XI and Edward IV seal the end of the conflict between France and England.

I think you've timed the battle sounds with the narrative excellently. Well done,good vid. 😁👍👍

sick dude! i love these videos!

I watched a lots of total war history channels and this is the best by far!!! 😎

Awesome video! Thank you!

Fascinating account and riveting narration along with graphic maps and armament. Thanks

Very interesting and well done. I love the description of leaders on both sides. The maps are great. Overall CGI was very good. The close up battle scenes got a little long and hard to follow. I also like how you describe the results of battle and political complications. I didn't realize the English controlled so much of France as a result of this and other battles. Overall A+ video.

Well done ! This is a high quality piece of work.

Thanks for your work. It takes an awful lot of research

I visited the battlefield last October. Lovely quiet summer's day.

Great presentation . A lesson in generalship from the Black prince.

Just in case you missed it, this is an *interesting* episode in history. This narrator sounds like he is giving a lecture to eeyore on the futility of existence!

"Colonist" here. This man put in good work and should be commended for it and I admit some of the words were "off" but people improve their product given time. Do not be critical for your nature's sake. Cheerio.

Best part was when the over loud music stopped!! Oh and for future reference WARWICK is pronounced WARICK, The centre W is silent.

POITIERS Is pronounced "Pwuttyay". Cheers.

A very interesting and historically correct piece but those pronunciations let it down somewhat.

Excellent ..

These guys had balls of steel

What 1212ad more makes the arrows stick to shot at units?

10:53 to my knowledge Walter was actually a German noble, I could be very wrong, but since many German counts were also counts and barons in France it makes a lot of sense that he held some titles in France.

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My French uncle lives in Angers but he says the river runs red in Potier due to French blood after the Welsh first retreated to the woods then attacked with hand weapons such as pole axes and halbards.

This is a very interesting subject and I appreciate the narrator. However, it would considerably better if the narrator would speak more clearly with accurate pronunciation.

What an interesting channel! I actually live in Poitiers. You did a remarkable job! I What a great video! Subbed &🔔 😊🦂👌🏻❤️🌊

The Black Prince..(so called after either his Armour or hair color) was a real Bad ass ! He also held a 'round table' of his best Knights at Winchester & (I believe) Windsor. Merry Old England !

Excellent narration

1:05 it's no surprise at all that Calais fell, the walls were far too low. What were the builders thinking!!

I have been recently interested in this world of animated battles, I don't know what have you used to do it, but to achive a cleaner animation, you can use After effects, greats from spain 👍😁

How do you get these custom armours and troops?

Anyone notice the men use the same animations that soldiers in Mount and Blade Warband use? Idk if like, supposed to be like that or something.

What did you use to show battle diagrams

What a surprise sneaky jocks helping out the French

I should, however, have commended the presentation and research.

Takes balls to ride into battle with an effigy of a house cat on your helm.

Good CG visuals but the narrator's monotone voice would close a glass eye!

The French knights fled to the city but got cut down at the moat by the famous Welsh archers using their hand weapons

The Name Warwick is pronounced 'Warrick', Salisbury 'Soulsbury' and Suffolk 'Suffock'

It was Robert Ufford not William, who did not become earl until 1369. The Uff in Ufford rhymes with cuff and huff. BTW Beauchamp is pronounced Beecham.

A useful summary of the battle, thank you. Some notes on pronunciation: 'Scotland', not 'Scatland'. 'Dyook', not 'Dook'. 'Solsbry', not 'Salissberry'. 'Worrik', nor 'Warwik'. 'Suffuk', not 'Suffoke'. 'Doh-fan' not 'Dah-feen'. 'Pwa-tee-ay' not 'Poy-tears'

What a Daunting voice, I started to go to sleep !!!

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Really good. But as you put so much effort into this why not get some help checking all the pronunciations ? That applied to both the French and English names. Also aristocracy is pronounced arrie-STOCK-crassie

All medieval bowmen shot up in the air in an arc, this is why its called archery!

Is this mount and blade warband mod?

There has been a very importend battle for whole Europe too at Poitiers in 732 when the Franks under Karl Martell stopped the muslim invasion from Spain which now is nearly completed in the end !

This account of the battle of Poitiers is, on a few points, not in conformity with what the historians have written , especially Frossard and the local chroniclers, who credited the french forces and their allied with at least 20000 men (instead of 11000); which explained that, at first, the english prefered to escape. They say also that the Captal de Buch attacked the rear of the french from the west, not from the east, where the french were strong, and where they had withdrawn (a map on the battlefield shows this). Generally speaking the vassals of the king of France were not confident with the military talents of their king (and of his brother) and feared to be captured and pay a ransom.

Would a shield wall like those used by the Romans have been effective against longbows? And if so why didn't the french use those tactics, like build bigger shields?

I really enjoyed this video! But you pronounced the English and French names very wrong however as you are American we shall let you off! Thanks man

Something about the narrator's presentation seemed odd at times. Can't place what it is. Anyone else?

I'd like this better without the constant hard mic breathing...other wise liked it.

I believe John Hawksworth was amongst the English Archers

Really enjoyed, a very good piece of work however the pronunciation of names was off putting. Both English and French names sounded weird.

This mod must be made for bannerlor!

Very well done in info,,and the corect line up of both armies,,but the chap speaking is saying the it wrong for the french air,like the prince of wales is the english air,,he says the french air in a very plain english .u.s.a,,way,,its all about how you prounace it,,but orther than that hes doing a great job

We know from research that longbowmen could not penetrate armour even close up. Chain mail yes. I have a feeling they went for the horses and killed the fallen knights with daggers through armour joints.

Please please please research how to pronounce name properly on the next video!

What a shame the narrator speaks so quietly and chooses to play music over his narration. Perhaps listen to your videos prior to publishing them.

Good work on show, but please get some advice on the correct pronunciation of English names. You massacred the names of the principal English protagonists who are no doubt rolling in their graves!

If I may, Poitiers is pronounced like pwah-tee-yay

It's ironic how the french were ironically defeated in the end by being encircled by the enemy cavalry when they had their own cavalry at the start of the battle that simply got wasted charging the well-entrenched english

It would appear that a knight mounted on a horse would have the advantage over his opponent, in a charge with a lance maybe, but imagine being in a melee surrounded groups of men slashing at the legs of you horse, hamstringing it, in some case removing a leg. You are going to wind up, lying on the ground weighed down by your armour and butchered!

I love your channel's content and visuals; however, you truly need a narrator who can read printed material properly and can pronounce words correctly. Extremely annoying from otherwise excellent material.

The English and French, are the original Red vs Blue.

Cut out that annoying "music" I can hardly hear the comment

thanks for making and posting. your history and analysis are fine and accurate. only if you correct rhe pronunciation of the French place and people's names . they are way off, and throws one off as badly. just do the "google translate" in your browser, type the French name, and the app pronounces it for you perfectly

Like the way they all lined up chantting at each orther,,but one thing the french did not have,,you had the prince of wales,Duke of york,the Duke of calarence,,and the Duke of Lancaster,grand duke and closer to the prince of wales in rank as he was his cousin the rest brothers,,,so its a kind of way to here bro ride up down getting the troops blood tisthie,,were as this chap keeps on say the Dauphin,,like a Dolphin swimming in the sea,,that was the crest ,but alot of people seem to prounace it in english ,its,,,FRENCH,,,

Stunning video. Congratulations to the builders. And for the narrator, I admire your diligence, but you really need to learn ot enunciate. And especially, to pronounce the names of the participants. Dauphin is pronounced "doe fahn" and "Warwick" is pronounced "War Ick". The narration, alas, does detract significantly from the overall magnificence of the production.

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That will teach the French not to throw ye insults. "Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries".

"Air-es-TOK-ra-see"

Amazing that the French did not have archers. It made all the difference

Not Salsberry but Saulsbree. Oh and it's Arri-STOCK-rassie

pwɑtjeɪ

The English were destined to have great leaders- who died shortly after their victories- if only they learned to boil their water.

I believe that it was during this battle that the English executed the prisoners.

Great stuff but....a shame the narrators pronunciation is so bad it reveals he has little in depth knowledge of this battle, European nobility or the history of the adversaries. That said, enjoyable watch.

As they all are Moon walking which one is Micheal De Jackson? Is it that bloke with his favourite Teddy Bear on his Helmet? Black Princes mattered even back then.

Where did you learn to say the word "aristocracy"?? From a computerized voice?? "Aristocracy" is pronounced --- air-i-STAH-cruh-see. NOT -- air - I-stuh-cruh-see. You put the accent on the short I sound. The accent should be on the STAH sound.

could not have picked a worse game to do this with

Warwick--pronounced Worrick. 😁👍

This Guy has difficulty with basic English ... he has a reading age of 10

you want to get your name pronounciation correct .... its Not War Wick its "Warrick" (Warwick). if your going to call out names you got to get them right and your getting most them laughably wrong.

Chartres au Nord Est ??????

Before there was a British empire,there was a English empire,that spanned the British isles and much of France

"Père, gardez vous à droite, père, gardez vous à gauche"......

Theres no way the English shot straight at their quarry. Being on a hill and the enemy aways off..they used the hill at their advantage and shot UP and with the rise these heavy arrows would be falling much faster and with huge energy rather than a flat shot..thus pierced amour, man, and horse.

Doughfahn not Darfeen

Y llego Castilla, y se le terminaron "las alegrias a Inglaterra ".

Pronunciation needs considerable improvement.

You really should research the correct pronunciation of English names.

The french king John II was particularly stupid, he had learnt nothing from the battle of Crecy, he repeated the same errors.

If Macron doesnt stop with his bullying.......

Did the French ever win a battle?

Suffuck not Suffolk

A fairly decent presentation, but marred by being too long (it could easily be edited to 20 minutes) and torpid and amateurish narration, with important words and names being mis-pronounced horribly.

Narrator needs to improve his pronunciations of Grench and English names