Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daular Japan ta mamaye Maluku a farkon 1942 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Yaƙin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Yakin Halmahera ya zama wurin da sojojin ruwa na Japan suka kafa a Kao Bay. Shekaru 2 bayan haka, sojojin Amurka da abokansu sun kaddamar da yakin Morotai
a cikin 1944; bombarding tsibirin a watan Agusta da kuma mamaye shi a watan Satumba. Sojojin Jafananci na daular a kan Morotai sun ci gaba har zuwa 1945 amma sun kasa fitar da masu mamaye Allied. A ƙarshen 1944, mutane 61,000 sun sauka a Morotai. Kashi biyu bisa uku daga cikinsu injiniyoyi ne, waɗanda suka kafa wurare da sauri ciki har da tashar jiragen ruwa da filayen jirgin sama guda biyu da kuma manyan wuraren ajiyar mai. Rashin mika wuya na Rundunar Sojojin Japan ta Biyu ya faru a Morotai a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1945. Ƙarshen Jafananci na ƙarshe daga yaƙin, Private Teruo Nakamura (Amis: Attun Palalin), ya gano ta Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Indonesiya a kan Morotai, kuma ya mika wuya ga wani bincike a ranar 18 ga Disamba, 1974.