'In Germany -Now' Caption: Member of the queue: "Yes -that's the Food Dictator who tells us how much we've got to eat" By 1917, the German population was beginning to feel the pinch. Whereas the British had managed to survive the U-boat blockade by organising their merchant fleet into convoys, the Allied blockade of Germany had been ruthlessly effective, and the country came close to starvation. The situation was no better for the German army when no meat or fresh produce was available. Hunger in Germany was certainly a deciding factor in the eventual Allied victory and this queue of Germans, glowering at the astounding girth of the man who has no compunction in telling them "Wurst Verboten", sends an important message to British readers.