Would avoiding the pause shorten the war by a year?

Could Churchill's pause have lengthened the Second World War by a year or more?

A shorter war is possible, but a saving of a year to a year and a half seems very generous given the time still required to build, train, and deploy invasion forces.

Fewer Japanese conquests and an earlier Mediterranean victory could reduce the number of later campaigns. The Allies might have fewer islands to retake, especially if Japan failed to take Malaya and a stronger ABDA Command held its advance. Major invasions would still require factories, equipment, trained forces, and worldwide deployment. Redirecting resources could bring some operations forward, but those preparation times remain. A reduction of a year to a year and a half is treated skeptically as a very generous estimate.