He lamented the effect of the Commonwealth/Jap fighting on the Burmese civilians... there must have been casualties when Jap-held villages were bombed. Such was part of the sorry price for the Japanese invading Burma. Civilians died, but at least Burma eventually gained its freedom.
Nevil Shute explores this in his excellent story
The Chequer Board. An RAF pilot who is helped by the Burmese when he comes down into Japanese held territory comes back after the war ends and starts to help to put the country back on its feet.