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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It’s been happening as long as there has been organized warfare. Formation fighting doesn’t work if everyone is trying to save themselves.
The Redcoats of the British Empire era are an excellent example. The assumption behind everything is they keep marching and fighting when several guys in their line go down. And they did, and they were very tough to beat.
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