Centuries Later, Henry V’s Greatest Victory Is Besieged by Academia

Ny Times ^ | 10/24/2009 | James Glanz

[martin_fierro]

ME ME ME!

Even have the soundtrack music to the St. Crispin’s Day Speech scene in an iPod “Psych Music” playlist.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Excellent! The Latin requiem at the end was very moving, the comic French scene between the princess and her attendant was charming, if a little precious. The death of Falstaff and the fall of Henry’s old group of roisters teaches a tough lesson about politics,

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The French knights were increasingly jammed together making them an ideal target.

The French also had large numbers of men at arms, who were nearly as well armored as the knights and had similar problems with the mud.

[SunkenCiv]

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[kalee]

I am. I watch it every Oct about this time.

[colorado tanker]

Cannae.

Before the first Gulf War I sketched a plan to liberate Kuwait on a restaurant napkin for a friend. Double envelopment. Armor to the west and Marines from the east, by sea. In the end Schwarzkopf decided he didn't need the eastern prong because the Marines at sea had forced the Iraqis to man the coast, thinning the front line and accomplishing the main mission without firing a shot.

[colorado tanker]

Love the Branagh film.

Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more . . . .

[Miss Marple]

I love the film, too.

This story is a typical example of the leftist demoralization wing of their movement. Anything noble, inspiring, nationalistic will be denigrated if they can manage it.

They are despicable people.

[colorado tanker]

Anything noble, inspiring, nationalistic will be denigrated if they can manage it.

True. The accomplishment should not be slighted. The fact is they were at the end of a long campaign season trying to get to the coast, they were in enemy territory, they were outnumbered by even these people's account two to one and the weather was turning foul. It was a desperate fight and one of history's great battles.

[Ole Okie]

The carnage was the beginning of the end for the mounted knight in armor.

And horses collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

[Tallguy]

No, that would be gunpowder that did that. Bodkin (armour piercing) arrows could only penetrate good quality plate armour at extremely close range and if the angle was good....

Even before effective firearms there were disciplined bodies of Swiss & German pikeman that were used to deter heavy cavalry charges. Early muskets were only marginally better than a well-handled bow and a lot less reliable when it rained. So while you're right that the firearm ultimately displaced the armored knight from the battlefield, their ranks had been thinning for some time due to a rediscovery of a combined arms tactical system (indirect fire supporting ranks of pike).

[SunkenCiv]