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How wooden stakes and mud defeated France's greatest knights.
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β€’ Footage courtesy: Smithsonian Channel (@SmithsonianChannel) β€” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGg3dqrzaY4
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00:006,000 armored French knights charge directly toward an outnumbered English archer line.
00:06How do wooden stakes buried in soaked farmland completely stop tons of thundering steel?
00:14Common sense says heavy metal armor easily smashes fragile wood, but the reality is brutally different.
00:22Deep suction mud slows charging horses, while angled sharpened stakes impale beasts before swords strike.
00:30This lethal barrier broke the charge and decimated thousands of advancing French knights.
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