 encouraged them for total war declared England bound to lose the war, attacked the still neutral United States, discussed the significance of its entry into the war, talked about prospects for a new year, presented German radio as a good companion (when, in fact, he hoped to lure them from enemy propaganda broadcasts), professed to be delighted that Churchill was in command in Britain, discussed cuts in food rations and severe treatment for black market dealings, urged that complaints not get in the way of the war effort, accused Douglas MacArthur of cowardice (ineffectually, as the Germans knew he had been ordered to leave), talked of the Allied bombing, describes the sinking of Allied ships by German U-Boats, explained Soviet resistance in Sevastopol as product of a stubborn but bestial Russian soul, decried the United States as having no culture, urged that Germans not allow their sense of justice be exploited by their enemies, urged commitment to war, and claimed that the Allies were as weary as the Axis.His final article called for last-ditch resistance.The circulation reached 1.4 million.