Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tsibirin ya kama da Jafananci a farkon 1942. Sojojin Amurka ne suka kwace kudancin filayen Morotai a watan Satumbar 1944 yayin yakin Morotai
, kuma an yi amfani da shi a matsayin wurin da za a yi amfani da shi don mamayewar Allied na Philippines a farkon 1945, da Borneo a watan Mayu da Yuni na wannan shekarar. An gano sojan Japan Teruo Nakamura a cikin dajin Morotai a 1974, a matsayin daya daga cikin Sojojin Japan na Yaƙin Duniya na II waɗanda suka ci gaba da jimrewa bayan sojojin Japan sun mika wuya.