Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kodayake Fotigal ba ta da tsaka tsaki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, a watan Disamba na 1941, Portuguese Timor ta mallaki ƙaramin rundunar Burtaniya, Ostiraliya da Holland, don hana mamayewar Japan. Duk da haka, Jafananci sun mamaye a cikin yakin Timor
a watan Fabrairun 1942. A karkashin mamayar Jafananci, an yi watsi da iyakokin Yaren mutanen Holland da na Fotigal tare da tsibirin Timor wanda aka sanya shi yanki na mulkin mallaka na Jafananci (IJA). Sojoji 400 na Ostiraliya da na Dutch da aka kama a tsibirin da mamayewar Jafananci suka yi yaƙin neman zaɓe, wanda ya ɗaure sojojin Japan kuma ya yi asarar rayuka sama da 1,000. Timorese da Fotigal sun taimaka wa 'yan tawaye amma bayan ƙauracewar Allies daga ƙarshe, ramuwar gayya ta Jafananci daga sojojinsu da' yan tawaye na Timorese da aka haɓaka a Yammacin Timor ya kasance mai tsanani. A ƙarshen Yaƙin, an kiyasta cewa mutane 40<unk>60,000 na Timorese sun mutu, tattalin arzikin ya lalace, kuma yunwa ta bazu. (duba Yaƙin Timor).