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Orléans, Siege of

Years: 1429 - 1429

The Siege of Orléans (1428–1429) marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War between France and England.

This is Joan of Arc's first major military victory and the first major French success to follow the crushing defeat at Agincourt in 1415.

The outset of this siege marks the pinnacle of English power during the later stages of the war.

The city holds strategic and symbolic significance to both sides of the conflict.

The consensus among contemporaries is that the English regent, John Plantagenet, would succeed in realizing Henry V's dream of conquering all of France if Orléans fell.

For half a year, the English appear to be winning, but the siege collapses nine days after Joan's arrival.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past...Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered."

― George Orwell, 1984 (1948)