<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UMbuso WaseJapane wahlasela iMorotai ekuqaleni kuka-1942 njengengxenye yeMpi yawo YaseDutch East Indies. Amabutho ase-US nabangane bawo aqala  <response>: Impi yaseMorotai ngo-1944; ukuhlasela isiqhingi ngo-Agasti 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. 