<prompt> Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: MuHondo Yenyika II, Portugal nedzimwe nyika dzaitongwa nePortugal dzakaramba dzisina kwayakarerekera, asi mauto eMubatanidzwa wenyika dzeEurope akaona East Timor senzvimbo yaigona kupindirwa neJapan. Pakatanga Hondo yePacific muna 1941, mauto eAustralia neeNetherlands akatumirwa kuDili pasinei nokushora kwePortugal. Mukupindura, vaJapan vakapinda muDili sorutivi rwenzira mbiri  <response>: kupinda muTimor. Guta racho rakanga rakasiiwa zvikurukuru pamberi pokupinda, uye masimba akabatanidzwa akadzokerazve muchitsuwa chacho. MaJapan akasiya Gavhuna wePortugal ari pachinzvimbo, asi akatora kutonga. Ruzhinji rweDili rwakaparadzwa mukati mehondo, kubva pakupinda kwokutanga kweJapan uye kubva pakuputika mabhomba kwakazotevera kwevakabatana. Mauto eJapan aiva pachitsuwa cheTimor akazviisa mumaoko evaAustralia pakapera hondo. Kutevera kuzvipira, mukuru mukuru weAustralia akaenda kuDili uko musi wa 23 Gunyana 1945 akazivisa gavhuna wePortugal nezvekuregererwa kweJapan. 