Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Waqooyiga Halmahera, gaar ahaan Morotai, waxay door ka ciyaareen Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka. Jasiiradda Morotai waxaa qabsaday Japan horaantii 1942. Badhtamaha koonfureed ee Morotai waxaa la wareegay ciidamada Maraykanka bishii Sebtember 1944 intii lagu jiray dagaalkii sokeeye.
Dagaalkii Morotai, waxaana loo adeegsaday inay noqoto goob lagu soo duulo weerarkii Allied ee Filibiin horraantii 1945, iyo Borneo bishii May iyo Juun ee sanadkaas. Askariga reer Japan ee Teruo Nakamura ayaa laga helay kaymaha Morotai sanadkii 1974, isagoo ka mid ahaa askarta Japan ee WWII ee u adkaystay ka dib markii ay ciidanka Japan is dhiibeen. Jasiiradda Morotai, tan iyo 2009, ma ahan qayb ka mid ah Gobolka Waqooyiga Halmahera.