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A Sailors Life in the Age of Sail — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

The Sailors Life Rations The diet of almost all sailing vessels was the same. The men subsisted on salted pork, fish, or beef, ships biscuits, and a limited supply of vegetables such as peas. Additionally, sailors received unwanted calories from the weevils and other insects that burrowed their way into the ship’s biscuits while the […]

World War 1’s 1918 Zeebrugge Raid by the British — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Zeebrugge is located in Belgium on the north coast of Europe. The port provided quick access to the North Sea for the Imperial German Navy throughout the First World War for their U-boats and light shipping, which the German navy was trying to threaten the Allied-controlled English Channel and the North Sea with. As the […]

Propaganda and Censorship in Britain During World War 2 — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

The way that society today consumes news and information is ever changing with the influx of social media and less direct channels of information through podcasts and a plethora of broadcasters all vying for attention in a saturated market. Many of these information sources have different validation processes or have multiple eyes on ensuring that […]

The Inquisitions of the Middle Ages – Part 3: The Inquisitions and Freedom of Speech — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

In modern secular societies, relativistic views prevail. Truth is often determined by one’s preferences and feelings. If believing something feels good or makes you happy, ipso facto the belief is true and valid. Thus, freedom of speech is an inalienable right given to all people and all opinions are correct; right or wrong and absolute […]

A Daring 1942 Raid by Britain Against Nazi Germany: Operation Biting — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

As the Nazi forces of fascist Germany ravaged Europe, Britain and the commonwealth stood alone upholding the ideas of freedom, until the USA entered the war on December 7, 1941, against Japanese imperialism and European fascist brutality, after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain then curtailed Hitler’s plans to invade Britain (Operation Sea Lion), […]

Was the Cold War Inevitable? Considering the “What-If” of a Wallace Presidency — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

In a 2012 “documentary” film and book titled The Untold History of the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone contended that there would have been “no Cold War” had Henry Wallace, FDR’s third-term vice president, not been forced off the ticket by reactionary Democratic Party leaders in 1944.[1] Wallace, rather than Harry Truman, would have become […]