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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I’m currently reading a book called “Checkpoint Charlie.”
One common sentiment that troops stationed there expressed was that in the event of the Cold War turning hot they were “the tripwire.” They knew they wouldn’t make it out alive, but at least they could give NATO a bit of a warning.
One unit, detachment A, was a special ops unit whose mission, in the event of war, was to wreck havoc by destroying key objectives. They would break up into teams of 2-3 and beeline to their objective. The expected life expectancy of these soldiers? 48 hours.
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