Battle of Poitiers, 1356 AD – France’s Crushing Defeat
March 23, 2026·23 min·2 clips
King John ordered no prisoners taken and charged with his elite guard as the Black Prince prayed and devised a flanking maneuver.
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A hard, ground-level account of Poitiers, where maneuver gives way to collapse.
The Battle of Poitiers, 1356 AD is at its best when it stays close to the ground: the English position, the broken French formations, and the ugly business of surviving a fight that has stopped looking orderly.
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