Western Front of the Hundred Years' War

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The Western Front of the Hundred Years' War was the main area of conflict in western France where English and French forces fought pivotal campaigns and battles for territorial control.

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English campaigns in France (1415–1421) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front
theater of war
characterizedBy chevauchée raids
pitched battles
siege warfare
conflictBetween Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
endEvent French reconquest of Normandy and Gascony
hasBattle Battle of Agincourt NERFINISHED
Battle of Crécy NERFINISHED
Battle of Poitiers NERFINISHED
hasCampaign Caroline War campaigns
Edwardian phase campaigns NERFINISHED
Lancastrian phase campaigns
hasKeyCity Orléans NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Reims NERFINISHED
Rouen NERFINISHED
hasKeyPort Bordeaux NERFINISHED
Calais NERFINISHED
La Rochelle NERFINISHED
hasSiege Siege of Calais (1346–1347) NERFINISHED
Siege of Orléans NERFINISHED
Siege of Rouen (1418–1419) NERFINISHED
impact shift in balance of power between England and France
involvesFigure Charles V of France NERFINISHED
Charles VII of France NERFINISHED
Edward III of England NERFINISHED
Edward the Black Prince NERFINISHED
Henry V of England NERFINISHED
Joan of Arc NERFINISHED
involvesRegion Anjou NERFINISHED
Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Brittany NERFINISHED
Gascony NERFINISHED
Maine NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
Poitou NERFINISHED
Île-de-France NERFINISHED
locatedIn western France NERFINISHED
mainBelligerent English army
French army NERFINISHED
partOf Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED
resultedIn gradual French territorial reconquest
startEvent English invasion of 1337–1340s NERFINISHED
strategicObjective control of French crown lands
control of coastal ports
control of trade routes
timePeriod 14th century
15th century

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Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence notableWork Western Front of the Hundred Years' War
this entity surface form: English campaigns in France (1415–1421)
Battle of Poitiers theater Western Front of the Hundred Years' War
Siege of Calais (1346–1347) theatre Western Front of the Hundred Years' War