in strategy games you usually have troops at the frontline whose sole purpose is to die fighting to buy you time to execute your plans or to protect stronger troops. is this something that happens in real life / used to happen before, if so what are the logistics of it, do the troops know that they are most likely goona die, etc..
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Really good answers in here, I just wanted to add this quote from GEN Patton
>No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country
In any military conflict, casualties are expected, but if you can minimize your losses, your chances of success go up. As a career soldier, I realize that any mission against an armed enemy could be my last.
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