@finvshistory: The greater good

Liam West :

that was a close call, you guys almost talked about history for an entire segment here

Bilbo baggins fc :

The greater good

Bryony Fraser :

Mr P.I.Staker, that one...

lb358 :

clocked the Hot Fuzz 'greater good' Charlie, well done

Ben :

Both are fantastic achievements that I really dont think any other person wouldve been able to do. Stalin doesnt get enough credit, without him Europe would be speaking German

Deacon Duffy :

“Whatever”

jt0321173 :

I need to read Charlie's manifesto

charly :

To be fair america gets to ‘greater good’ its entire history of atrocity so

notoriousj_o_n :

Horatio’s hat really is massive

RonRonRoll :

I would argue the British bombing campaign of industry in Germany and keeping the axis busy on every continent was a bigger role. Britain out produced every metric except tanks.

cameronallflatt :

mungyman :

its so nice to see the spirit of Karl pilkington alive in this podcasts producer

Liam :

That last “greater good” from Charlie was very calfreezy esq

L⚭u :

Came straight off the hot fuzz set

cunt_draculaa :

No no no!!! He makes a good point !!!

Diary of a Simpy Kid :

Horatio is right and to see that you have to project what Trotsky would have done as USSR leader instead. Trotsky wouldn't have focused on creating a strong base for socialism a lá Stalin's 'socialism in one country' vision but instead spreading fermenting revolution in Western Europe. Stalin winning that power struggle led directly to the rapid industrialization of USSR between 1924-1941. 80% of all German casualties were on the Eastern Front. USSR made easily the biggest contribution to defeating the Nazis specifically

s :

Phenomenal

Delbert :

God this is funny

MrBBK :

Jordan Morrison :

Ryan from School :

No

Kane :

optimus prim :

his ability to get into power using what others saw as a meaningless position to undermine people in much better positions and then hold onto power and turned russia into an industrial powerhouse was he a terrible man, obviously but that man was cunning

calsonΩ :

Diabetic_Pothead :

Kind of insane to not bring up that Stalin’s government originally cooperated with Nazi Germany and aided in the initial invasion of Poland. Hitler invading Russia was a violation of that agreement. Also the USSR’s war material was very substantially supported by the United States lend lease program. The Soviets didn’t pull a Shonen flashback power up and suddenly decide to defeat the Nazis, they were allies of the Nazis who only switched sides after getting betrayed and was heavily supported by other allies after the fact.