Watanabe tells us that the Committee concluded that, “not only high-ranking government leaders, general, and admirals should shoulder the blame.” According to the Committee, “field officers were often more influential than even the Emperor, war ministers, and chiefs-of-staffs in making decisions to go to and escalate the wars, and were responsible for many atrocities.”
渡部告诉我们委员会的结论是：“不仅政府部门的高级领导人、陆军上将和海军总司令应该承担责任，而且战场指挥官通常甚至比天皇、战争大臣和总参谋长在挑起并且使战争逐步升级的决策中更有影响力，并且应该对种种的暴行负责。”