the opening act of the Hundred Years’ War. At first, the English armies won significant battles under the command of Edward III’s son Edward the Black Prince. But the English strength faltered ...

It felt like every moment of the Hundred Years War had been leading up to this point. A pivotal battle that would change the course of European warfare forever and saw the French army lose to an ...

following in the footsteps of Edward III and his English army on their Crécy Campaign - one of the earliest and bloodiest raids of the Hundred Years' War. Discover the past on History Hit with ad ...

The battle was a disaster for the French ... superior French army was a significant turning point in the Hundred Years’ War; the French had around 24,000 troops compared to England’s 6,000.

In 1356, early in the Hundred Years War, the English whipped the French at the battle Poitiers. Worse, they captured the French king. The result was a one-sided peace treaty in which France agreed to ...