Battle of Crécy
During the Hundred Years War, King Edward III's small English army annihilates a much larger French force at the Battle of Crécy in Normandy. The battle, which saw an early use of the deadly longbow … (more...)
August 26
This Day in History
1346
1346
First Cannon Fired in Battle, Maybe
On this day in 1346, English soldiers under Edward III rain terror on Genoese mercenaries under Philip VI of France at the Battle of Crecy in the Hundred Years War with what is perhaps the first … (more...)
This Day in History
August 18
TV Guide
- 9:30pm Atomic Age Declassified
- 10:30pm Clive James: Postcard From Sydney
- 11:30pm Stalemate: The Cold War Rec
- 12:30am Secrets of War Rec
- 1:30am World at War Rec
- 2:30am The Spying Game Rec
- 3:15am Battleplan Rec
- 4:00am Impossible Peace Rec
- 4:45am The Story of Europe Rec
- 5:30am Atomic Age Declassified Rec
- 6:30am Clive James: Postcard From Sydney Rec
- 7:30am Stalemate: The Cold War Rec
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am Aussie Inventions That Changed The World Rec
- 10:30am The Story of Europe Rec
- 11:30am Atomic Age Declassified Rec
- 12:30pm Clive James: Postcard From Sydney Rec
- 1:30pm Secrets of War Rec
- 2:30pm World at War Rec
- 3:30pm The Spying Game Rec
- 4:30pm Battleplan Rec
- 5:30pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Rec
- 6:30pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 7:00pm Britain's Best Canals With John Sergeant Rec
- 7:30pm American History's Biggest Fibs Rec
