The Battle of Crécy
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The English won a decisive battlefield victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War. At the Battle of Crécy, an outnumbered English army went up against thousands of French mounted knights, the finest cavalry in Western Europe at that time. Relying on their famed longbowmen, The English under Edward III weathered French cavalry charges until the forces of King Philip VI were forced to retreat. The victory paved the way for the capture of Calais, which gave the English a foothold in France for over two centuries.
In this very special episode Dan teams up with Tim Harford, host of the 'Cautionary Tales' podcast. Tim and Dan delve into the details of this crucial battle to learn about the catastrophic mistakes that were made, and why.
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| 1:00.0 | Hi everybody, welcome to a very special episode indeed of down to know's history |
| 1:04.8 | because we've teamed up with one of my favorite podcast cautionary tales |
| 1:08.3 | presented by the legend Tim Harford good to get in the studio with you man |
| 1:12.4 | it's fantastic I've never been called |
| 1:14.0 | a legend before Dan, but yeah I'm... I'm... Thank you. I am very excited to be here, very excited indeed. |
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