Lancastrian Withdrawal from France

Timeline

1. 1430–1434Île-de-France and the Loire Valley · FranceAfter Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in 1430, Charles VII's government continued counteroffensive under French commanders such as La Hire and Dunois. Though the English still held Paris and elsewhere, their supply lines lengthened and local uprisings were frequent, and Lancastrian military advantage in central France gradually eroded.
2. 1435Arras · ArrasEnglish commander the Duke of Bedford died at Rouen in 1435, depriving Lancaster of its most experienced commander in the French theater. At the same time Duke Philip of Burgundy reconciled with Charles VII at Arras, withdrawing from the alliance with England. England was excluded from the peace talks, its strategic isolation deepened, and it was forced to contract on multiple fronts.
3. 1436–1439Paris · ParisIn 1436 French forces, aided by a popular uprising in Paris, entered and recaptured the city; the English withdrew toward Normandy and Calais. Thereafter Lancastrian rule in France contracted to strongpoints such as Calais, the Norman coast, and Gascony, and the continental occupation system existed in name only. Disappointment at the prolonged war rose in England, laying the groundwork for the political crises of the 1450s.