<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Umambo hweJapan hwakapinda muMaluku pakuvamba kwa1942 sorutivi rworwendo rwahwo rweDutch East Indies muHondo yeNyika II, huchidzinga vaDutch munharaunda yacho. Halmahera yakava nzvimbo yechiteshi chengarava cheJapan paKao Bay. Makore maviri gare gare, mauto eU.S. navavakidzani vavo vakatanga  <response>: Hondo yeMorotai muna 1944; kubhomba chitsuwa muna Nyamavhuvhu uye kuchipinda munaGunyana. Mauto oUmambo hweJapan paMorotai akaramba aripo kusvikira muna 1945 asi akakundikana kudzinga vapambi veAllied. Muchikamu chokupedzisira cha 1944, vanhu 61 000 vakamhara paMorotai. Zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvacho vaiva mainjiniya, avo vakakurumidza kugadzira zvivako zvaisanganisira zviteshi zvengarava uye nhandare mbiri dzendege pamwe chete nenzvimbo huru dzokuchengetera mafuta. Kuzvipira kwepamutemo kweVaviri veMasoja eJapan kwakaitika paMorotai musi wa9 Gunyana 1945. MuJapan wokupedzisira akaramba ari muhondo, Private Teruo Nakamura Amis: Attun Palalin, akawanikwa neIndonesian Air Force paMorotai, uye akazvipa kune imwe nzvimbo yekutsvaga musi waDecember 18, 1974. 