A child plays with the remains of an aircraft wing on remote Morotai, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, a legacy of the Second World War. In 1945 this remote island - now rarely visited by outsiders - became a major staging point in the Pacific Campaign as Allied forces mopped up the occupying Japanese forces. Thousands of Allied servicemen passed through the base on the island's southern extremity.

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A child plays with the remains of an aircraft wing on remote Morotai, Indonesia, a legacy of the Second World War. Captured by the Japanese in 1942, the remote Indonesian island subsequently became the focus of a major battle in the Dutch East Indies Campaign of WW2. When the Allies regained control, Morotai became an important forward base in mopping up remnants of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Size: 3450px × 5021px
Location: Daruba, Morotai, Maluku Utara (North Moluccas), Indonesia
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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