I give tours to young soldiers around the military museum in which I work and am amazed at how poor their grasp of British history is.
Last week I gave a tour to twenty seven SATT's, of that number only three had ever heard of Field Marshal Montgomery and only one of the Battle of El Alamein. Only two knew we had fought the Japanese during the Second World War. The only one who knew of Arnhem saw it on a film.
Several thought that British involvement in WWII ended with the Battle of Britain and after the Americans joined the War they did all the fighting.
They thought we simply went into our Anderson shelters or the London Underground, ate rations and listened to Vera Lyn whilst the Americans sent a Band of Brothers to Save Private Ryan.
What on earth are they teaching at school?
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Last week I gave a tour to twenty seven SATT's, of that number only three had ever heard of Field Marshal Montgomery and only one of the Battle of El Alamein. Only two knew we had fought the Japanese during the Second World War. The only one who knew of Arnhem saw it on a film.
Several thought that British involvement in WWII ended with the Battle of Britain and after the Americans joined the War they did all the fighting.
They thought we simply went into our Anderson shelters or the London Underground, ate rations and listened to Vera Lyn whilst the Americans sent a Band of Brothers to Save Private Ryan.
What on earth are they teaching at school?
Cardinal