A great film,it still happens
This is a great film,I don't think it means much to people without a British history obsession like me but I find this film moving and entertaining.
My father was a conscript in 1940 and my mother was in the Land Army so films like this are the story of my family and my country.
This film might seem unrealistic but Britain did take people from all walks of life and make them a powerful army.
Britain had no conscription until 1939 hence the negative attitude of the recruits,the peacetime army had a poor image and the popular view was that British equipment was rubbish,it was important to get people to respect their New Model Army.
The class structure in Britain was much relaxed in war time,people really did invite strangers who were soldiers into their home.
(This happened to my father in 1940 in Hull)
The whole nation united to fight the enemy,women were conscripted and many more did volunteer work.
Meanwhile in Germany they never conscripted women and there were thousands of nazi party officials wandering about doing little for the war effort.
Of course times change but I work in a railway station and see spotty kids coming to join the army and see them a few weeks later going home as men and on their way to becoming soldiers.