ETE4939201: Nice (Alpes Maritimes) France 8 August 1945 These three members of a medical unit of the US Army dependent on the Delta Base Section were granted a seven-day leave on the French Riviera before being redeployed to the Pacific. They walk here with their girlfriends of American military nurses on the Promenade of English / Bridgeman Images
ELD4875021: Norman invasion of Ireland: “” Dimarmait Mac Murchada (Dimarmaid na NGall) asks for the help of King Henry II of England to regain his kingdom of Leinster in 1170 in exchange for his allegiance”” (Norman invasion of Ireland: Henry II (1133-1189), the first Plantagenet king of England authorizes Dermot (Dermod) MacMorrough, banished king of Leinster, to levy forces from among the English to try to regain his crown, 1170 - In return, Dermot pledged his allegiance to Henry - The resultant invasion brought part of Ireland under English control for the first time) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images