<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-division yabona isinyathelo ngokumelene ne-United States Army ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMorotai  <response>: kusukela ngo-September 1944 kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwempi. Amabutho amabili e-211th Infantry Regiment athunyelwa eMorotai, okwakukude nje neHalmahera, ukuze athuthukise inkundla yezindiza ngoMeyi 1944, kodwa lokhu kwahoxiswa ngoJulayi 1944 lapho inkundla yezindiza ishiywa ngenxa yezinkinga zokukhucululwa kwamanzi. Lokhu kwashiya iMorotai ivikelwe kancane kuphela lapho ibutho elikhulu le-Allied lifika lapho ngo-15 Septhemba 1944, futhi ama-Allies akwazi ukuvikela ngokushesha izinhloso zawo eningizimu-ntshonalanga yesiqhingi. Izingxenye ze- 32nd Division, kufaka phakathi i-3rd Battalion ye-210th Infantry Regiment kanye ne-211th Infantry Regiment yonke, yathuthelwa eMorotai nge-US Navy blockade phakathi kukaSepthemba noNovemba 1944 ngomzamo wokuhlasela isisekelo se-Allied esasakhiwa esiqhingini. Kodwa-ke, le ngxenye ayikwazanga ukuqala lokhu kuhlasela, njengoba izimpahla ezanele zazingakwazi ukulethwa nge-US blockade. Ngenxa yalokho, amabutho aseJapane aseMorotai abuyela emuva enkabeni yalesi siqhingi lapho kwafa khona abaningi ngenxa yezifo nendlala. 