I have a DVD of the BOB, and with it came another DVD of a documentary done by Michael Cain in 1969 at the time of the release of the film, where he interviewed people in I think Trafalgar Square, about what they knew about the BOB, (and they were English people he spoke to) and surprisingly a number were unaware of it even then. So it is possible that at 80 years more people know less about it, apart from on specialist forums like this.
I am not sure about celebrating so much over quite old military actions as how far do you go back. Do we revisit Waterloo, Naesby, Stamford Bridge, the list is quite long, to celebrate and remember at 100, 200,300 years, it just seems that is done to remember passed glories, rather than present challenges.
Cheers
Mr Mac
Last edited by Mr Mac; 13th Jul 2020 at 10:38.