International Second World War History Association

Director of the ISWWHA. Vice-Chair Freedom for Italy Second World War History Network. Co-founder The Irish Brigade Website. This Week in the Italian Campaign

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️Join us online this evening at 6 PM (BST London) for a livestream to mark the beginning of the Dunkirk evacuation on 27 May 1940, and the Luftwaffe bombing of the Irish capital, Dublin, on 31 May 1941🎙️

🔗 https://t.co/WjIkSVXl41

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️Join us online this evening at 6:30 PM as Eddie and I mark the Nazi attack in the West on 10th May 1940, along with the Dambusters Raid on 16th May 1943, along with a much needed post-conference debrief!🎙️

🔗 https://t.co/vVa3FjWtrR

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️Happy Easter Tuesday from myself and Eddie at “This Week in the Second World War”!! 🐣🎙️

At 6 PM GMT, Eddie and special guest, Warren Stace, will be joining us from Monte Cassino, Italy, from where they are embarking on a commemorative walk to Rome 🔗 https://t.co/Swdgcuk7rN

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️This week’s livestream will be taking place tomorrow (yes,🙄😬, April Fools Day!), Wed 1 April - 6 PM GMT🎙️

Our guest, Lee Bovington, will tell the story of his Great Uncle, Fusilier George Pearce, who died in action in Tunisia in April 1943.

🔗 https://t.co/18InKath3F

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

@ww2research @AindriuB @BeaverWestminst @RMcGreevy1301 @irelandbattles @JohnDorney2 @thespyhistorian @WW2girl1944 @stuartroxy @DrCiaranMcDonn @JasonBurke87 Yes. Very touching. 2 Skins were at that point in 38 (Irish) Brigade which was deployed north of the Santerno River in the high Appenines. Freezing cold.

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

@ww2research Thank you!

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️Tonight at 9 PM, @EGPOSullivan and I will recommence “This Week in the Second World War” for 2026!🎙️

🔗 https://t.co/FCLD5zi5tk

Discussing Göring’s appointment to head the German war economy, Soviet victory in the Battle of Moscow and planning for the Anzio landings!

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

This Week in the Second World War Episode 17. Arcadia conference; Battle for Ortona and Greece in December... https://t.co/0H372mc3Wg via @YouTube

[Joseph Quinn @ww2research]

🎙️🎄In 15 minutes - at 6 PM - @EGPOSullivan will be getting underway for our Christmas episode of “This Week in the Second World War”🎄🎙️

🔗 https://t.co/wCmhk909mx

This is our last episode of 2025, but we’ll be back in the New Year with expert guests and bags of #WW2 content!

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

In This Week in the Second World War Episode 14. Was the Pearl Harbour attack the most significant moment in modern world history? https://t.co/MePvBDUEQr via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

In This Week in the Second World War, Eddie O'Sullivan and Dr Joe Quinn discuss the Slovak Republic: the German rebuff of US and British forces west of Tunis; the appointment of Neil Rithchie as Eighth Army commander and the Tehran summit https://t.co/qiFJqjQMHs via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

This Week in the Second World War Episode 12. In 1939, a crackdown on an... https://t.co/ZWSXd8NzXV via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

Today's This Week in the Second World War covers events in the conflict in 17-23 November every year during the conflict. https://t.co/wMbnn4tULE via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

The story of Native Americans in the US Army in the Second World War is told in this Freedom for Italy online talk by Professor Joshua Nelson of The University of Oklahoma https://t.co/J0iEbdDdRU via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

@FXMC1957 My dad was one of five O'Sullivan brothers who served in the Second World War: one in the army; two in the RAF; one in the Royal Navy and one in the merchant marine. They all came home. Makes me think of my grandmother Lizzie (nee Hanlon). The tension must have been horrible.

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

This is what happened this week every year in the Second World War. You can see a full discussion here: https://t.co/aNaWPPeE1t

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

The 10th episode of This Week in the Second World War with Dr Joe Quinn was joined by Dr Sam Wallace, an authority on Operation Torch which began on 8 November 1943. https://t.co/2vnWARRxf2

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

Wow, thank you so much everyone, I just hit 500 subscribers on @YouTube! #500subs

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

Episode 7 of This Week in the Second World War. Himmler meets Franco, Italy bombs Saudi Arabia, Commando orde... https://t.co/VneBkMSV0p via @YouTube

[International Second World War History Association @EGPOSullivan]

@siennamarla May '45 was the greatest moment in UK history. The 4 nations were unified; the gap between rich and poor narrowed; the cause was noble and we won. My father & his 3 brothers and my mother & her brother were in the armed forces. But still no monument to the millions who served