Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Umambo hweJapan hwakapinda muMorotai pakutanga kwa1942 sechikamu cheHondo yavo yeDutch East Indies. Mauto eU.S. nehama dzawo akatanga Hondo yeMorotai
muna 1944; kubhomba chitsuwa chacho muna August uye kuchipinda muna September. Mauto oUmambo hweJapan paMorotai akaramba aripo kusvikira muna 1945 asi akakundikana kudzinga mauto eAllied. 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.