<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UMbuso WaseJapane wahlasela iMaluku ekuqaleni kuka-1942 njengengxenye yeMpi YaseDutch East Indies yeMpi Yezwe II, waxosha amaDashi kule ndawo. IHalmahera yaba indawo yesisekelo semikhumbi yempi yaseJapane eKao Bay. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, amabutho aseMelika nabangane bawo aqala ukuhlasela  <response>: Impi yaseMorotai ngo-1944; ukuhlasela isiqhingi ngo-Agasti 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. 