Hare today, gone tomorrow

Social distancing, WW2 style. Always keep at least 18 hares between you and other people. These two Luftwaffe soldiers appear to have had some successful hunting, shooting or snaring enough hares to provide fresh meat for days. If the opportunity arose to get fresh meat to add to the daily rations, soldiers grabbed it with enthusiasm. While a soldier was to have 250 grams of fresh meat a day, it was very much a question of supply. Beef, pork and mutton could be bought or requisitioned from local farmers (usually in the form of live animals), but the realities of war made that rare when some areas had been picked over again and again. Game (deer, hares, wild fowl, etc.) was preferable over some old horse killed in the latest shelling by Soviet artillery. That’s why the guys in the photo look pretty pleased with themselves.