WW2: The Composition and Capabilities of the Japanese Military

[Agent Miles]

Well after 21 years in the army, I know what doesn’t make an army and that you cannot operate anywhere without control of the air. Bean counters will tell you that Hannibal can’t get elephants over the Alps or that Rommel doesn’t have a mountain of supplies, so don't worry about him.
I never, ever, said that the Japanese would win.
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FDR could ignore everyone else and become Abraham Lincoln in an American tragedy, or he could appease the Japanese and prevent Hitler from nuking the bajesus out of England (I know this was not possible, but FDR most certainly did not.).
That’s all I ever said. The Japanese should have gone right for the jugular if they wanted to get a truce. The international situation demanded U.S. involvement elsewhere. If the invasion failed they would lose no matter what. This was a better strategy than hiding in bunkers on worthless islands until the U.S. could afford to destroy them.