<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMbuso WaseJapane wahlasela iMorotai ekuqaleni kuka-1942 njengengxenye yoMkhankaso wawo waseDutch East Indies. 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 amabutho amaZwe 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. 