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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which battle did Joan of Arc help the French win?
A
Battle of Agincourt
B
Battle of Crecy
C
Battle of Orleans
D
Battle of Poitiers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles furnished Joan with a small army, and on April 27, 1429, she set out for Orleans, besieged by the English since October 1428. On April 29, as a French sortie distracted the English troops on the west side of Orleans, Joan entered unopposed by its eastern gate.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Hundred Years’ War, the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans, besieged by the English since October.

Detailed explanation-3: -St. Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. She was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans in 1429 that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The king ordered the army to take back the city of Orléans, accompanied by 17-year-old Joan. She cropped her hair short like a man’s, donned a suit of white armor, and successfully helped French troops to victory in March 1429, even after being wounded in battle.

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