French accuse English of war crimes

[DS23]

juliet barker raises an interesting point in her book "agincourt". there are numerous contemporary accounts of the battle and even small number of eyewitness descriptions of the prisoner executions. she says (my bold):

"the decision to kill the prisoners was undeniably ruthless. yet if henry had spared them and they had launched a second front, the outcome of the day would have been very different and henry himself would be accused of destroying his own men though faint-heartedness or misplaced charity. significantly, not even one of his contemporaries, even among the french, criticised his decision"

[AtW]

In 300 the Spartans are seen killing wounded Persians too after the battle - in this case we even got video evidence to back up the allegation.

[DS23]

In 300 the Spartans are seen killing wounded Persians too after the battle - in this case we even got video evidence to back up the allegation.

true but that was somewhat before the chivalric code.

[Board Game Geek]

Where there's blame...there's a claim.

I expect the next move, having foreshadowed the harsh treatment the french suffered (decapitilisation intended), is to make a claim for reparations.

It's only fair, 'innit ?

[Diver]

It's stupid killing the wounded.

Injure them just enough to take them out of the fight.

They then need resources for care and transport, and are a burden on the enemy