Why did we lose the Hundred Years War (HYW)

Why did we lose the Hundred Years War (HYW)

1. Weak military leadership

   • Somerset did not properly organise our defenses like at Rouen our major capital for the area and we, therefore, lost when we shouldn't have.

2. French recovery

   • The french had an astounding recovery due to many things but mainly due to the fact they had a larger economy than England and so had more money.

3. English Financial problems

   • With no money, we were forced to pursue a line of peace and lost a lot of territories and Henry became very unpopular.
   • We were beginning to lose so the Government was reluctant to lend more money if we were going to carry on losing.
   • We had also been on many campaigns which are expensive and so slowly but surely cost us a lot of money.
   • This all meant we could only send 2500 men over which was not enough to stop the French forces.

4. The weakness of Henry the sixth

   • His weakness meant that we lost our ally in Burgundy
   • He kept allowing the treaty to be increased in length which allows the French more time to recover