What was it really like to fight in the English Civil War?

Discover how Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army faced King Charles I's veteran Royalist forces, why the clash at Naseby changed the course of British history, and what happened when soldiers came face to face in brutal hand-to-hand combat.

Featuring demonstrations of matchlock muskets, pike warfare, Civil War cavalry tactics, armour tests, musket ball casting, and the gruesome work of 17th-century barber surgeons, this is the complete story of warfare during England's bloodiest conflict.

01:11  The formation of the New Model Army
02:20  The historical context of King Charles I
02:38  The complexities and various reasons for the Civil War
05:16  The matchlock musket
08:53  The dog or wheel lock musket
11:14  The strategic movements leading up to the Battle of Naseby
17:17  The Parliamentarians
20:44  The Royalist cavalry charge
22:31  The protective gear of a cavalryman
31:51  The aftermath of the battle
36:11  The shift in warfare after Naseby
40:50  A simulated charge of the mortar bomb

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