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Realistic Depiction of Battle?

posted 5 years ago by chilidoggg (14326)
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I had read about the Battle of Agincourt (after I played it in a war computer game) so I knew about the mud, muck, marsh, whatever the issue was with the terrain. After watching it here, if accurate, it makes sense (especially at the end when the Dauphin can't even stand.)

Refreshing to see after the garbage in Game of Thrones, Gladiator, etc.

Makes me want to see an accurate depiction of a Crusades battle with heavily armored knights and horses struggling in the desert heat against unarmored Muslims and camels (another computer game I played.)

[–] janoss (214) 4 years ago

Muslims certainly wore armor, just not heavy plate, which the crusaders didn't wear either. Just mail and leather. It wouldn't be camels, it would be horses. There would be an absurd amount of archers on both sides. Only knights that could afford it would wear plate and their visors, if they had them, would be up so they could see. visors are best for jousting.
There would be much more archery than most movies and siege engines being used. Kingdom of Heaven, though not perfect, is pretty good as analogy of that time period. Don't write a paper based on it, but it's worth watching.

[–] DeathbySnuSnu (1009) 2 years ago

I think the English had a much easier time of it than depicted. I'm using the word easier loosely here as it was doubtless the worst day of everyone concerned's life. But it was over in one day and the French took a massive hammering despite overwhelming odds.
Almost 6,000 Frenchmen lost their lives during the Battle of Agincourt, while English deaths amounted to just over 400.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt