“当我们失去塞班岛的时候,地狱就在面前了。”一名日本海军高级军官在战后回答美国军人时说到。而另一名海军军令部参谋军官则哀叹道:“即使在经历了珊瑚海和中途岛后,我仍抱有希望;在瓜达尔卡纳尔海战后,我开始觉得我们不可能赢得战争,但也未必会输;在马尼拉海战之后,我们几乎丧失了所有反击的可能;而在冲绳之战后,一切都结束了。” “When he lost Saipan, hell was there,” said a senior Japanese Navy officer when answering U.S. soldiers in the aftermath of the war. And another Naval Forces Command staff officer lamented: “Even after experiencing the Coral Sea and Midway, I still have hope; after the Guadalcanal naval battle, I began to feel that we can not win the war, but I can not, We may not lose any more. After the Manila naval battle, we almost lost all the chances of a counterattack. After the war in Okinawa, everything was over. ”