Throughout this account, it has been clearly pointed out that the “turn of the tide” with the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in winter 1942–1943 was of vital importance, not just militarily but also in the case of morale and the attitude to broadcasting, above all to the news bulletins and propaganda talks. Up to then, victories had generally spoken a convincing language of their own. This does not mean that the first years were always an easy ride for Nazi broadcasters. Response to programming was, to a certain extent, undermined by what the listening audience considered to be both annoying and disappointing developments. One clear example of this was the fact that the war dragged on despite the widespread optimism in summer and autumn 1940 that peace was impending. Militarily, it was not all plain sailing, even during this period when the Reich still seemed on top. The second winter of the war when German troops were stopped before Moscow was but a foretaste of what was to come. The calls on the radio for winter clothing to assist frost-bitten troops on the Eastern Front came as an immense shock to those listening.