You'd be wrong. Wiping out Japan's navy and airforce would have almost no repercussions on the ground. Remember, these are Imperial Japanese soldiers. They know how to fight by themselves and weren't giant s. They're not like American soldiers of today who consider a sprained ankle to be enough to retreat from a fight and can't fight at all unless they have an artillery barrage and an airstrike at the ready. Pointless comparison. For one thing the Japanese soldier wasn't a worthless pussy who had to be encased in armour and would only leave his (relatively luxurious) barracks in a mechanized convoy. For the Japanese, they had to transport the soldier and supplies that a normal infantryman would have. For the American, they have to transport the soldier, all the supplies an ordinary infantryman would have, a whole bunch of pointless vehicles, several restaurant chains, an ungodly amount of support weapons, all the supplies needed for these things, etc. In any case, Japan had more soldiers in mainland Asia than America has in its entire military. How far did the Japanese have to ferry their supplies? From Japan to Korea. Look at a map of Asia. Now look at the map of the world and try to spot the difference in distance between America and Iraq.
who attacked their island and got those fucks to surrender. also if you think serving is a pussy thing to do then join up