I don’t think they would have been so festive had they been in Bastogne the winter of 44’ fighting a different enemy.
A very obscure point. So Bastogne was different from Afghanistan? So was Gettysburg.
Dont forget British troops fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Not Royal Marines, but XXX Corps, infantry and the SAS.
Get ‘The Battle of the Bulge: Britain’s Untold Story’ by military historian Charles Whiting, if you can.