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488. Hundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)

2024/8/28
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Tom: 本集回顾了亨利五世远征法国的背景，以及他攻占哈弗勒尔的经过。亨利五世是一位严厉但有纪律的统帅，他下令不许抢掠，并严惩违反军纪者。哈弗勒尔的围攻比预期时间长，导致英军损失惨重，疾病蔓延。最终，哈弗勒尔投降，但亨利五世并没有因此而返回英格兰。 Dominic: 亨利五世决定从哈弗勒尔经法国北部行军到加来，这被认为是一个高风险的举动。此举既是为了避免耻辱，也是为了吸引法国军队，并为哈弗勒尔争取时间。亨利五世在行军途中面临诸多挑战，包括补给不足、疾病蔓延以及法国军队的追击。尽管如此，亨利五世仍然坚持军纪，禁止士兵抢掠，并严惩违纪者。最终，英军成功渡过索姆河，但法国大军已经集结，准备与英军决战。 Dominic: 法国方面在哈弗勒尔失守后，进行了军事会议，决定与英军决战。会议上，阿朗松公爵因未能及时解救哈弗勒尔而被免职，布西科元帅接任。法国军队试图封锁索姆河的渡口，阻止英军渡河。但亨利五世最终找到了渡口，成功渡河，但法国军队已经集结，准备与英军决战。 Tom: 亨利五世在行军过程中面临着巨大的压力和风险，但他坚持自己的计划，并展现出非凡的勇气和决心。他严明的纪律和对军队的控制，使得英军能够克服重重困难，最终到达阿金库尔。

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Henry V's siege of Harfleur, a crucial Norman port, was a brutal affair marked by heavy artillery fire. Although a victory for the English, the siege lasted longer than anticipated, causing significant damage to the city and depleting Henry's forces due to disease and dwindling supplies.
  • Harfleur was the first Norman town to be heavily bombarded by artillery.
  • The siege lasted four weeks, longer than Henry V intended.
  • Disease and dwindling supplies weakened the English forces.
  • Henry V offered terms of surrender to Harfleur, expelling the vulnerable while allowing others to leave or stay.

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On the 11th of August 1415, King Henry V of England - an austere, pious, thoughtful and terrifying warlord in only his late-twenties - set sail for France. He embarked in the largest ship ever built on English soil at the head of some 15,000 ships, his nobles, brothers and hordes of Welsh longbow-men in tow. Two days later, they made land, and their target: the Port of Harfleur, a nest of state-sponsored pirates. Henry’s intention was to use it as a spring-board to a wider campaign in France, capitalising on the chaos that raged there, before eventually annexing Normandy. The assault on Harfleur that followed was bloody and brutal. The first Norman town to be pulverised by artillery, the English canons created a hellish scene of smoke and fire. However, the siege went on longer than Henry had hoped, inflicting terrible devastation upon the city and his forces. Furthermore, large numbers of his men were falling sick and their supplies growing thin. Finally, after four long weeks of terrible siege warfare, the city fell. However, a massive French force was now assembling to recapture the fallen city, potentially undermining all the money and men that Henry had already spent on the campaign. With the clock ticking for the English towards the end of 1415, what would Henry’s next move be? First, in a daring move of legendary chivalry, he challenged the portly French Dauphin to a duel, to no avail. So it was that he decided to march right across France and take Calais; a bold public proclamation of his right to the whole of France. Would Henry’s plan prove overly ambitious, or would he get the decisive battle he craved…?

Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss Henry V’s first bloody forays into France, enacting his claim to the French crown that he truly believed was his by divine ordination, and thereby reigniting the tumultuous Hundred Years’ War….

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