<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Okwamanje, okusele kwesigaba kukhulule i-6th Infantry Division endaweni yesiqhingi saseSarmi-Wakde, ngoJulayi 18, 1944, kwakhiwa amabhuloho, imigwaqo kanye namadokodo, kwaqapha indawo, futhi kwahlaselwa amayunithi amancane esitha, bezama ukungabangeli ukuhlaselwa okukhulu kwesitha. Kwabulawa amaJapane angaphezu kwenkulungwane kulezi zenzo. Maphakathi no - August isigaba saqala ukuhlela ukufika eMorotai  <response>: , eshiya i-Aitape neMaffin Bay, 11 Septhemba 1944. I-division yenza ukuhlaselwa kokwehla eMorotai, ngoSepthemba 15, 1944, ukuhlangana nokuphikiswa okuncane kuphela. Ngesikhathi sokuqashwa kweMorotai, izingxenye zeDivision, ikakhulukazi i-167th Infantry Regiment, zathatha iMapia, ngo-15 kuya ku-17 Novemba, futhi zafika ogwini e-Asia Islands, ngo-19 kuya ku-20 Novemba, zathola ukuthi amaJapane asevele esukile. 