Blockade would do more than weaken Japanese field armies materially; it could also loosen the home government's control over formations isolated abroad. Some units might refuse orders from the postwar government. Returning armed troops could create a political danger, so disarmament might become a condition of repatriation. Naval victory still leads to the practical work of demobilisation and civil-military control. Ending the fleet war would therefore leave a substantial war-termination problem on land.
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Demobilising Japanese forces after blockade
Cut-off Japanese armies might not obey a defeated government automatically, making disarmament and repatriation part of the peace settlement.