<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMbuso WaseJapane wahlasela iMaluku ekuqaleni kuka-1942 njengengxenye ye-Dutch East Indies Campaign yeMpi Yezwe II, waxosha amaDashi esifundeni. IHalmahera yaba indawo yesisekelo semikhumbi yempi yaseJapane eKao Bay. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, amabutho ase-US nabangane bawo aqala iMpi yaseMorotai  <response>: ngo-1944; ukubhomba lesi siqhingi ngo-August nokuhlasela ngo-September. Amabutho aseJapane aseMorotai aqhubeka ekhona kwaze kwaba ngo - 1945 kodwa ahluleka ukuxosha abahlaseli abangamaZwe ahlangene. Engxenyeni yokugcina ka-1944, izisebenzi ezingu-61 000 zafika eMorotai. Izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zazo kwakungaonjiniyela, ngokushesha ababeka izakhiwo ezihlanganisa amatheku nezindawo ezimbili zokwehla kwezindiza kanye nezitolo ezinkulu zikaphethiloli. Ukuzinikela ngokusemthethweni kweButho Lesibili LaseJapane kwenzeka eMorotai ngomhlaka 9 Septhemba 1945. I-holdout yokugcina yaseJapane evela empini, i-Private Teruo Nakamura Amis: Attun Palalin, yatholakala yi-Indonesian Air Force eMorotai, futhi yazinikela ekuhloleni ngoDisemba 18, 1974. 