The Battle of Castillon

Lions Led By Donkeys covers the 1453 Battle of Castillon — the final engagement of the Hundred Years' War, where English cavalry charged directly into entrenched French artillery positions with predictable results. The episode treats Castillon as a turning point in European warfare: the moment when gunpowder fortifications and massed cannon made the mounted charge suicidal. At an hour, there's room for the tactical setup, the English command failures, and the broader implications for how wars would be fought going forward.