Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Fotigal da yankunanta sun kasance masu tsaka tsaki, amma Allies sun ga East Timor a matsayin maƙasudin mamayewar Japan. Bayan barkewar Yakin Pacific a 1941, an tura sojojin Ostiraliya da na Netherlands zuwa Dili duk da ƙin yarda da Fotigal. A cikin martani, Jafananci sun mamaye Dili a matsayin wani ɓangare na mamayewa biyu na Timor
Ka yi haƙuri. An watsar da garin gaba daya kafin mamayewar, kuma dakarun kawancen sun koma baya cikin tsibirin. Jafananci sun bar Gwamnan Fotigal a matsayin sa, amma sun karɓi mulkin. Yawancin Dili sun lalace a lokacin yakin, daga mamayewar Jafananci na farko da kuma daga baya daga hare-haren bam. Sojojin Japan a tsibirin Timor sun mika wuya ga sojojin Australia a karshen yakin. Bayan mika wuya, wani jami'in Australiya ya yi tafiya zuwa Dili inda a ranar 23 ga Satumba 1945 ya sanar da gwamnan Fotigal na mika wuya na Japan.