The lack of supplies caused large numbers of fighter aircraft to become unserviceable for lack of spare parts, and "as many as two-thirds of Japan's total military deaths from illness or starvation".
आपूर्तियों की कमी से कई लड़ाकू विमान अतिरिक्त पुर्जों के बिना अनुपयोगी हो गए और "जापान के सैन्य मौतों के दो-तिहाई बीमारी या भुखमरी से हुए।