User blog comment:Tybaltcapulet/Future Battles/@comment-28716800-20180807060251/@comment-35680048-20180808180013

I looked into Chuikov on a couple of sources and at least through WWII (obviously when this will be takinng place) he was quite active, first when he was lead the  weak 62nd army to success in the battle of Stalingrad (using a tactic known as "hugging the enemy"). Then after the 62nd was assigned to the 8th Guards army where he went to the 1st Belorussian front through difficult terrain in Poland until finally he commanded the army through all the way to central Berlin where on May 1st 1945 (the day after Adolf Hitler's suicide) Hans Krebs sent out a phone call to capitulate.

Chuikov I believe never really was behind the desk and had to keep moving with the armies constantly through Stalingrad all the way to Berlin. He reminds me of Reznov in levels of experience except it is also known the Chuikov had experience in the Russian Revolution.

Kuribayashi  in WWII was made Chief of Staff of the Japanese 23rd in 1941 and in 1943 was assigned to the 2nd Imperial Guards division, a reserve division and on May 27th 1944 became the commander of the IJA 109th division. Then through June 1944 all the way to Febuary 1945 was preparing pillboxes and defenses to try to delay the American advance through the empire. You probably already know basically what happened in Iwo Jima and how it was a battle of attrition and how Kuribayashi used the terrain to skillfully take out the Marines invading. But evantually he failed and the Marines went on even after losing more men the the Japanese did, a testament to Kuribayashi's intelligence.

Chuikov actually has more battlefield experience ranging from the Russian Revolution, Russian Civil war, the Russo-Finnish war, the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939,Stalingrad, the 1st Belorussian front, and the Fall of Berlin. He was mainly a commander, but was actively involved throughout all of the theaters and battle he went through.

Kuribayashi on the other hand you are correct on. He was directly involved with the preparations, planning, and the battle of Iwo Jima. But in overall experience Chuikov absolutely demolishes him. That's not to say that Kuribayashi wasn't in the sh*t more because but that's also not to say Chuikov hasn't had his fair share of frontline combat himself.

But based on your concern  I will change it to a small army as it will be easier to come up with a situation for. Really I just wrote all that to prove I could do a squad vs squad if I wanted to. But I love your interest in this battle so I really want to make it a thematically and historically plausible situation. Thanks again Battlefan for your concern as it will help me to write a better battle.