Great Battles S02 E05 Agincourt 1415

A major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years War. The battle occurred late October 1415 near modern day Azincourt in northern France. Henry V's victory had a crippling effect on France and started a new period in the war during which Henry married the French kings daughter and his son was made heir to the throne of France. However his battlefield successes were not capitalized on by his heir Henry VI.