Major conflict1346

Battle of Crécy

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Crécy · Picardy · France

Estimated casualties

16Ksingle estimate · no range published

The English victory using longbows against French knights, marking the decline of medieval cavalry.

Belligerents2

England
France

ON THE MAPKingdom of EnglandKingdom of France

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Battle of Crécy (1346). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/crecy-battle · Sources & methodology