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Series chronicling the impact of technology on the history of warfare.

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Decisive Weapons: Series 1

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Decisive Weapons: Series 1: Episode 5: The Longbow - Wood Against Steel

The Longbow - Wood Against Steel

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Episode 5: The Longbow - Wood Against Steel

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How the longbow was a killing machine that could stop an armoured knight in his tracks.

Series chronicling the impact of technology on war shows how the longbow was a killing machine that could stop an armoured knight in his tracks.

The longbow was the lethal weapon of the Middle Ages, a killing machine that could stop a fully-armoured knight dead in his tracks. Its simple form and devastating power made it the ideal weapon for the English when they invaded France in 1415 and, at Agincourt, faced a massive French army.

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