France

Global conflict centered on the European war of 1914–1918, involving empires, colonial territories and multiple military theaters.

Global armed conflict from 1939 to 1945, including war in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, mass civilian suffering and major geopolitical change.

Series of intermittent conflicts between the English and French crowns from 1337 to 1453, driven by dynastic claims and territorial disputes, and reshaping warfare and royal authority in western Europe.

Revolutionary decade in France that transformed the monarchy, political institutions and the social order.

Series of major European and global conflicts from 1803 to 1815 arising from the rivalry between Napoleonic France and successive coalitions, fundamentally reshaping Europe's political order.

War for independence of the thirteen British North American colonies, fought across North America and beyond.

Religious and political transformations that fragmented western European Christianity and reshaped institutions and power.

Global geopolitical rivalry and ideological competition centered on the United States and Soviet Union from the postwar era to the breakup of the USSR.

Phase of medieval European demographic, institutional and commercial expansion, including crusading movements and growing monarchies.

Later medieval centuries in Europe marked by dynastic conflict, religious change and the emergence of early modern institutions.

Conventional European historical era between late antiquity and the early modern period, with varying local periodization.

On October 25, 1415, the English army under Henry V defeated the French near Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War.

Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk and nearby beaches during 26 May–4 June 1940, following the German advance in France.

Henry V became king of England upon the death of Henry IV on 20 March 1413. His coronation on 9 April was a later, separate ceremony and is not included in this event.

Unofficial fraternization and ceasefires occurred at parts of the Western Front at Christmas 1914.

Joan of Arc was executed in Rouen after her trial in 1431.

The 18 June 1815 battle at which British-led and Prussian allied forces defeated Napoleon, ending the Hundred Days and decisively changing the course of the Napoleonic Wars.

The raising of the siege at Orléans became a turning point of the Hundred Years' War.

King of England from 1413 to 1422, known for his campaign in France and victory at Agincourt.

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

The northern French locality near which Henry V won his major victory on October 25, 1415.

Port city in northern France where Allied forces were surrounded and evacuated in May–June 1940.

One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.

The kingdom whose political independence from England is the central issue of the narrative.

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.