France Kept Losing to England... Then It Stopped Playing Their Game | How France Learned to Win

#HundredYearsWar #MilitaryHistory #MedievalHistory 1337–1370s. France. England entered the Hundred Years' War with a battlefield system France struggled to answer. Dismounted men-at-arms formed the hard center. English and Welsh longbowmen punished every approach. Hedges, slopes, woods, ditches, and narrow ground turned defensive positions into traps. Again and again, French armies attacked. Again and again, they lost. But France was learning. In this documentary, you'll discover: ⚔️ How England developed its battlefield system after the disaster at Bannockburn ⚔️ Why dismounted men-at-arms and longbowmen became such a deadly combination ⚔️ How French commanders experimented with fighting on foot, flanking attacks, crossbowmen, and mounted reserves ⚔️ Why Crécy became the clearest example of what happened when France attacked on English terms ⚔️ How battles like Lunalonge, Taillebourg, Ardres, and Mauron revealed weaknesses in the English system ⚔️ Why Poitiers showed that France had learned to survive the arrows—but still struggled to coordinate its attacks ⚔️ How Charles V and Bertrand du Guesclin finally changed the strategy of the war The English system was devastating when France agreed to attack it. So France eventually stopped. Instead of gambling everything on one great battle, French commanders began targeting garrisons, supplies, isolated forces, castles, and territory. England had built one of the most dangerous battlefield systems in medieval Europe. France learned that the best way to defeat it was sometimes to refuse the battlefield entirely. 📌 LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for more legendary battles, medieval warfare, and military history documentaries from every era. #EnglishLongbow #EdwardIII #CharlesV #BertrandDuGuesclin #BattleOfCrecy #BattleOfPoitiers #MedievalWarfare #EnglishArmy #FrenchArmy #HistoryDocumentary #RuinMarch