Siege of Orleans, 1428 ⚔ How did Joan of Arc turn the tide of the Hundred Years' War? 

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the random kid shooting the cannon by accident and somehow taking out the english general is very much one of the moments of all time

If it wasn't for the fact that Joan of Arc was a real historical person, a movie about her would seem so far fetched that no body would produce it as unbelievable.

"Joan took a crossbow bolt to the throat, and miraculously recovered the next day to rejoin the fighting." Yep. She's the main character.

"King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France. Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there." - Joan of Arc

The story of Joan of Arc is always fascinating

The morale Joan gave to the french can’t be overestimated, her victories reignited the french morale and caused the already bickering English nobility into further chaos. Also the consistent poor leadership in this period is laughable- when man power, particularly England’s professional troops, were low they were still wasted in multiple areas- some men even went to fight in the Hussite wars during this period.

Joan was actually a very accomplished siege strategist, a natural really. Her tactics for defeating the english siegeworks were, and this might get complicated, but it basically went like this: *"Get 'em!"*

Joan having the power to strenghten the french morale and lower the english is briliant. Cant wait for the second part of this beautiful history. thank you History Marche.

The French commander La Hire is pronounced something like "la Ear". Thanks for reminding Dunois was from royal blood and was known as the bastard not because he was a vile person but because he had no royal mother... Great series, great episode, always the best quality in realization, narration and of course historical knowledge!

Imagine you are John, Duke of Bedford. You are the English regent, and after the passing of your brother, King Henry V, you've taken the reins of the war, winning victory after victory against the French. Orléans is the key to the south; if it falls, the war is as good as won. You've been sieging the place for 6 months now, and you're positively certain it's about to fall. You've gone so far as to jeopardize your alliance with Burgundy over it, that's how sure you are of your success. Soon, your late brother's dream of an unified Kingdom of France and England, spanning from Provence to Cumbria, will finally be realized, and your name will be remember among the greatest conquerors of all time. And then some insane fanatical tomboy just shows up one day, starts screaming in the general direction of your army, and somehow nine days later this siege you've been conducting for half a year completely collapses and you lose half your men and one of your best generals. And just to add salt to the wound, the tomboy then ends up becoming a legend people still talk about centuries later, while you are mostly relegated to the footnotes of history.

Joan offers an example of how much power the simple notion of hope has in battle. or, as someone wisely said it: "A man who thinks he's going to die can usually find a way to do so." Joan's message, that the French still had a chance to prevail, was what the men of France needed to hear, and the English treatment of her once she was captured solidified their resolve to win the war for The Maid who had died for them.

Its crazy how every week your team can upload 30 Minute long videos, Thank you for talking about the Siege of Orleans!

Dunois didn't refuse to face the English at all. On the contrary, they went out to meet them, but after an hour of the two armies facing each other statically, the english eventually retreated.

This series has been great! Reading about the 100 Years War just cannot compare to seeing it fleshed out like this. Thank you everyone at HistoryMarche for the hard work on this series.

Joan of Arc. My God. You wouldn't think it credible, but for the fact it's all true. Have faith and never give up. An inspiring lesson for all.

I think you should mention the battle of Patay, which took place shortly after the siege of Orléans. This confrontation (curiously unknown, but nonetheless decisive...) can be considered a disaster for the English forces. A disaster with just as many consequences as Agincourt was for the French.

Joan of Arc was not, as is often said, a poor shepherdess tending sheep (although she must have kept some as a little girl). But the daughter of a "relatively" wealthy family. For superstitious people of the Middle Ages, to see a 17-year-old girl cross Burgundy allied with the English, succeed in obtaining an interview with the Dauphin, obtain armour, sword, horses, lead "or more exactly co-lead an army", just before her arrival a random shot that kills the English leader, a crossbow bolt in the throat that only puts her out of action for a few hours.... Inevitably she was a divine envoy and God was truly on France's side. No doubt it really boosts morale.

What a coincidence! This morning i watched all your videos regarding the hundred years war and i thought to myself why isnt there any siege of Orleans video? Hours later there you go releasing one.Its like you went in my head. Awesome stuff.

My French mother gave me the middle name of Jean Bart. For my entire life I have told Jean Bart's story many times as privateer and French Navy commander. His statue stands at the Musee de Marine in Paris as father of the French Navy. France has always named a capital ship in his honor.

Thank you for the work you have put into this video. I LOVE THE STORIES SURROUNDING JEAN DE ARC 🥰

I love the Monty Pythons quips, making me chuckle a bit while learning. Great work people, i'm looking forward to the upcoming videos!

What a truly remarkable series of events! Great video, I've enjoyed this series immensely.⚔🔥🙌

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That Python reference... Well done, @HistoryMarche. Well done indeed. _Now go away or i shall taunt you a second time!_

Thank you for the great documentary!!!!

Excellent! Loved this so much!

as real as history can be...thank you

This was awesome and well made!

Thanks for the video!

This video is so great. The whole time I was like, "wtf". So many wtf moments like from the brittons going back and forth, the lowland debucle, someone's son killing Salisbury etc

I hope the battle of poitiers comes next man. Ill need it after such a failure for the plantagents.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Awesome video !

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awesome story telling! big props to the production team as well!!!

Amazing history video

What they did to Joan after all her efforts is just depressing

There is a small mistake at the end, the French army accepted the proposition of battle made by English and but the English army retreated !

Amazing content. Thank you!

Your french accent is really good and make the video more pleasing to watch. Thank you for one more awesome video.

If I saw a girl get shot in the throat with a crossbow bolt and come back to the front lines later in the day, I might begin to believe she was special.

Great video. If I may, "La Hire" is pronounced [la iʁ], with the "i" of Hire pronounced like the "ea" of seat. And the "H" is not pronounced. I'm happy it seems you've planned to make a video on the Loire campaign, without which the victory at Orleans wouldn't have the same meaning! By the way, the French accepted the English proposition of battle at the end of the siege. However, after an hour of facing each other, the English withdrew.

Thank you for this very interesting documentary.

Whoa, talk about twists of fate in war. This time is fascinating. Yall are the best!

I always said that the Castle Age of the French Cav was too OP... Personally, I have always attacked north-west Castle to complete the objective as it is very close to its walls. Since you got farms nearby, you will be active in there anyway...

Orleans! been waiting for this one, thanks HM.

Excellent Thank you

Incredible. Congratz man. God bless you

Great content as always👌

To be precise : A detail but Saint James is pronounced Saint "Jame", the "S" is silent. That the north-western french version of Jacques (Jacob - Jacobus in Latin). The name James in english comes from directly from that version, since a lot of Britons were in William the Conqueror army. "La Hire" (The Anger) is pronounced La "eer". But thank you for all of your efforts to try to pronounce french names correctly in all your videos. As a french viewer, I do appreciate that! Also, Joan of Arc didn't heard some vague voices or dreams but according to her, had clear visions of Saint Catherine, Marguerite and Saint Michel (patron Saint of France), giving her three tasks : - liberating Orléans - crowning Charles VII - liberating the Duke of Orléans For the record, Joan convinced Charles VII to trust her after a one-to-one meeting, the details of which are unfortunately unknown (undoubtedly one of the greatest mysteries of French history). In any case, it would appear that Joan reassured Charles VII that he was not a bastard. His mother had declared that Charles VII was a bastard, which undermined the king's self-confidence. Joan was also Queen of France for a few minutes. Indeed, there was an episode known as the "triple donation". Joan asked Charles VII to give her the Kingdom of France, which he did. Then Joan declared that she was giving the Kingdom to Christ, who then gave it back to Charles through Joan. All of these acts were notarised. So Charles no longer had any doubts about his legitimacy before God. So, technically, Joan was officialy Queen of France for few minutes! Joan of Arc history is quite an unbelievable one! It lasted only two years but it left an eternal mark on French history and French minds!

Well done very informative

Been waiting for this video ever since this channel started covering about the Hundred Years War

It may seem a little out of topic but could you consider doing videos on some of the battles of the Norman invasions of Wales, especially the 12th century with battles like the Battle of Crug Mawr and the Battle of Ewloe. Or a few videos on the Glyndŵr Rising and it’s battles.

Eight words: Age of Empires 2 Joan of Arc campaign. That's how I got to know Joan, aside from random mentions of her in history reference books.

I appreciate the effort for pronouncing the words as accurately as possible.

Great video! Thank you!

You guys are always the best.

Now I have a pretty good idea of the troubles the English were going through before Joan of Arc came onto the scene. Great video. I liked it a lot.

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Nice, keep it up !

You always make great videos! Keep it up!

great video! just in 6:14 there is ddifference in what narrator and text says: 1600 vs 16000 soldiers

The Hundred years war is probably my highlight of the middle ages in terms of wars

Amazing video like always. Keep up the fantastic work!

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Bruv, I love your video, the maps, the political intrigue, there's a Game of Thrones vibe, I love it, I love it all. Wonderful upload, I appreciate it.

The lancaster real reason to capture Angers was probably because they were Angevin. Angers was their ancestral capital.

Thank you for the great content. I very much enjoy your work. 😊

Very well done sir!

I believe there’s an issue at 6:18. You say 16,000 Franco but the image only says 1600 men. Love the videos. I hope this helps.

This is lovely! I have always enjoyed watching your RU-vid channel. If you are interested, I would love to suggest a series on the Imjin War or the Sengoku Jidai.

Excellent!

Thanks

I would love to see the same treatment of the history of Burgundy up through Charles the Bold. Some dramatic stories there to tell.

"La Hire wishes to kill something" -La Hire

Prior to this I had only ever heard Joan of Arc's name mentioned a thousand times and I knew nothing of her, thank you for the very well put together video that is entertaining and incredibly informative.

Nice video I definitely learned a lot here.

This is the most extremely understandable story. Excellent job! Hope keep doing this easily!

Savior of France: The kid Joan of Arc

My ancestor, John Stewart of Darnley, died assaulting the English at the Battle of Herrings. He came to a fishy end ;-(

Amazing video

No matter how often i hear this story i can never get enough.

Very good video, but there is a big mistake on the map : the city of Lille was part of the duchy of Burgundy and in fact one of its economic and political capital. It was considered by the Burgundese dukes as one of their safest strongholds and when John the Fearless murdered Louis of Orleans, that's where he rode to safety.

Joan came from Burgundian territory? have never heard that before when the story is told.

Thank you for a very well realized video about a true giant of history whose true contribution to reclaiming French territory to the French crown is mostly not recognized, not because of any polemic but simply because most studies of the late part of the Hundred Years’ War are not detailed enough. Thank you for educating while simultaneously entertaining your viewers. Merci Beaucoup !

So awesome!

My takeaway is, de Dunois deserves the maneuver pips he has in EU4.

I find it hard to beleive that she took a crossbow to the throat and kept on fighting the next day. Perhaps the arrow grazed her neck or hit the shoulder as in Luc Bessons movie...

Great vid

Great video!

Joan's banner is not the one shown on the map. It was white and it was adorned with 2 angels and a fleur de lys.

Its puzzling to me how the french never gave battle and the whole thing got so famous as a "miracle" considering they outnumbered the english at every turn

Good work. Making history. I'm at your side.

This one took long enough, good job.