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Churchill, however, was voted the Greatest Briton of 20th century for some reason.

Well, Britain didn't get taken over by the Nazis. That's kind of a good accomplishment

Soviet Union too didn't get over-run by Nazis and they infact, contributed largely to the war effort[much more than the British]. By your logic, Stalin should be the most worshipped guy of the last century.

...of a huge number of people.

But war victories usually come with cultural domination and glorifying winners' favorite mass murderers as a bonus.

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