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The 15 Most Humiliating Battlefield Defeats in Military History

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2. The Battle of Agincourt (1415)

2. The Battle of Agincourt (1415)
King Henry V’s outnumbered forces triumph at Agincourt, longbows decimating French knights in mud.

In 1415, during the Hundred Years’ War, King Henry V of England led a significantly outnumbered army to a decisive victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. Despite exhaustion and disease, the English archers, wielding longbows, inflicted devastating losses on the French nobility, who were bogged down in the muddy terrain. This battle is renowned for demonstrating how innovative tactics and technology can overcome numerical superiority (history.com).

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