RealTimeWWII

@RealTimeWWII is a Twitter feed describing the events of World War II, created by British historian and Oxford grad Alwyn Collinson (born 1987).[1]

Collinson began the feed in late August 2011, to coincide with the start of World War II with the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939. He has tweeted the events of the war as they happened on each date and time exactly 72 years earlier. The feed has over 300,000 followers and has received worldwide media attention.[2][3][4]

Collinson has described his project as a method of helping people understand history in real terms, not just statistics, once stating it's about "turning numbers back into people."[5] He has given lectures and interviews on the project, along with others doing similar projects of other historical events.[6]

Collinson has committed to finishing the project, which would take until at least August 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Newspapers stated he was 24 when he began the project in August 2011
  2. ↑ The Guardian "Six-year project to tweet the Second World War" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/8877167/Six-year-project-to-tweet-the-Second-World-War.html
  3. ↑ BBC News: Oxford grad tweets WWII in real time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-15672597
  4. ↑ The New York Times: The Tweets of War: What’s Past Is Postable. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/arts/re-enacting-historical-events-on-twitter-with-realtimewwii.html?_r=0
  5. ↑ The Lost Lectures: Alwyn Collinson 'Realtime WWII': http://www.thelostlectures.com/698/alwyn-collinson-realtime-wwii/
  6. ↑ Daily Motion/Huff Post Live: History Re-Tweets Itself - Live-Tweeting The Past: A History Lesson? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuki7z_history-re-tweets-itself-live-tweeting-the-past-a-history-lesson_tech#.UMT3wpPjn9c
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