Eli5 are there in the real world troops that are meant to die, if so how does that work.

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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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Old fashioned skirmishers or “irregulars” were often used to blunt an enemy charge or soak up arrows, the bristish would often send native troops in first to fight during the colonial period for the same reason, Russia is doing it now with the wagner group

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