Smudge and Jack,
How true that was ! We were solely concerned with the here and now: events in Europe or N. Africa were so remote that that we didn't bother about them much day to day.
Conversely the "Forgotten Army" (and the forgotten Navy and Air Force that went with it) out there, were largely out of the thoughts of the folk back home, who had plenty on their own plates to worry about without losing sleep about ours.
Danny.