As Tamura Kyuzu, head of Japan's minesweeping efforts at the time, put it after hostilities had ended, America " could probably have shortened the war by beginning earlier" .

正如当时日本扫雷工作负责人田村久津在敌对行动结束后所说的那样，美国“ 可以通过更早开始来缩短战争” 。