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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To an extent, yes. This has traditionally been the role of infantry who were cheap to train and equip and would screen archers, hold the other side’s line in place while they were flanked by mounted troops, man the pikes used to stop the enemy’s mounted troops, etc. and would generally take the highest casualties. The difference between real life and strategy games is that these troops will eventually rout and run away (or surrender) if they’re too outmanned, see too many of their comrades killed, etc., so there would generally not be fully units who would be sent to slaughter.
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