 The sentiment changed, however, as between 4 and 10 million Indonesians were taken away from Indonesia as forced labourers ("romusha") for Japanese military projects, including the Burma-Siam railway.Four million people died in Indonesia as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation, including 30,000 European civilian internee deaths.In 1944–1945, Allied troops largely bypassed Indonesia and did not fight their way into the most populous parts such as Java and Sumatra.