Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Portugal da ƙasashen da ke ƙarƙashin mulkinta ba su saka hannu a yaƙin ba, amma 'yan Allied sun ɗauki East Timor a matsayin ƙasar da Japan za ta iya mamayewa. Bayan barkewar Yakin Pacific a 1941, an tura sojojin Ostiraliya da na Netherlands zuwa Dili duk da ƙin yarda da Fotigal. A mayar da martani, Jafananci sun mamaye Dili a matsayin wani bangare na biyu.
mamayewar Timor. 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.