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The French ambush that ended the longbow era

For decades, English longbowmen ruled the battlefield - but at Patay, that dominance ended. This video breaks down how a reorganized French army, led by Joan of Arc’s momentum, finally shattered ...
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After a century of defeat, the French got revenge

For nearly a century, English longbowmen dominated France — at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. But in 1429, at Patay, ...
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Can the US Navy Actually Afford to Keep Its Aircraft Carriers?

Yesterday, I wrote about the tremendous success of the English yeoman longbow archers and how they successfully defeated French cavalry time and again during the Hundred Years War (see: “What Can the ...