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FACTLYWar & conflict

Major General Shah Nawaz Khan betrayed Azad Hind Fauz/Subash Chandra Bose and fled to Pakistan

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns INA Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, alleging both that he betrayed Subhas Chandra Bose and that he left India for Pakistan. FACTLY’s review addresses those allegations separately, using the account of Khan’s service and prosecution and reporting about his decision at Partition. The review says Khan joined the INA after meeting Bose in Singapore in 1943. It reports that after the INA surrendered to the British, Khan stood trial in 1945 at the Red Fort alongside Prem Sahgal and Gurbaksh Dhillon. The prosecution accused the officers of waging war against the King and of murder and abetment of murder involving five sepoys caught deserting. The review says these charges concerned their actions in the INA, and that it found no reports or documents showing that Khan betrayed Bose. On the claim that Khan fled to Pakistan, the review reports that he returned to live in India at Partition, although his family remained in Pakistan. It adds that he later joined Congress and won the 1952 Lok Sabha election from Meerut. Taken together, the review’s account contradicts the claim’s two central assertions: it describes Khan as serving under Bose, and says he came to India rather than leaving for Pakistan.

日本ファクトチェックセンターWar & conflict

動画に飛行機が映っていないので911は捏造

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review says the circulating clip was cropped, low-resolution, and filmed from an angle that obscured the plane. In clearer footage, the plane can be seen approaching and disappearing behind the buildings before the explosion.

dpaWar & conflict

Deutschland ist von US-Truppen besetzt.

Publisher’s rating: Die Behauptung ist falsch. Deutschland ist ein souveräner Staat. US-Truppen auf dem Gebiet der Bundesrepublik sind keine Besatzung sondern Teil der Verteidigungskooperation etwa im Rahmen der Nato.

The claim concerns the presence of US troops in Germany and whether that means Germany is still occupied. The review traces a renewed spread of that assertion to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said on January 25, 2023, that US occupation troops were formally and legally present in Germany. It also notes that the idea circulated among Reichsbürger groups and spread on relevant websites and social media after Putin’s remarks. The review distinguishes the historical occupation regime from later military stationing. It says the occupation statute applied in West Germany from September 1949 to May 1955, when the occupying authorities retained powers including control over military and foreign affairs. The Paris Agreements took effect in May 1955, after which the Federal Republic was sovereign, though the Allies retained certain reserved rights until 1991. The decisive legal change, as presented in the review, came with the Two Plus Four Treaty. It says the four former Allied powers ended their remaining rights and responsibilities concerning Berlin and Germany as a whole. The review explains that US troops are still stationed in Germany with the Federal Government’s approval as part of cooperation and agreements, including NATO—not as occupying forces. It contrasts this with Russia’s occupation of Ukraine against the wishes of that country’s leadership.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturWar & conflict

Das Video zeigt: einen Zug mit Leopard 2A5-Panzern der Bundeswehr, der am 23.01.2023 nach Osten fährt.

Publisher’s rating: Das Video ist nicht aktuell. Es zeigt einen Bundeswehrtransport im April 2022 in Thüringen.

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a train carrying Bundeswehr Leopard 2A5 tanks heading east on 23 January 2023, while debate was underway about sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The review identifies the video as much older and says it shows a Bundeswehr transport in Thuringia in April 2022, so it does not depict the claimed January 2023 movement.

dpaWar & conflict

Barack Obama hat gesagt, dass in einem Krieg gegen Russland viele Europäer sterben werden werden, er aber bereit ist, dieses Opfer zu erbringen.

Publisher’s rating: Für die zitierten Äußerungen gibt es keinen Beleg. Sowohl während als auch nach seiner Amtszeit hat sich Obama stets für Frieden in Europa - und mit Russland - ausgesprochen. Die beiden Aufnahmen im Sharepic sind mehrere Jahre alt und zeigen den ehemaligen US-Präsidenten bei zwei verschiedenen Vorträgen.

The claim concerns two alleged statements attributed to Barack Obama in a sharepic: that a war between Europe and Russia would cause many European casualties, and that he was willing to accept that sacrifice. The dpa review reports that it found no statement by Obama about a war between Europe and Russia. It says searches for the two specific quotations produced no results in either German or English. The review therefore finds no evidence for the quoted remarks, rather than documenting an Obama statement expressing willingness to accept European deaths. The images do show Obama speaking, but they come from two different events and do not establish the claimed remarks. The upper image is from a January 17, 2014 speech at the U.S. Department of Justice about National Security Agency reforms. The lower image is from a May 23, 2013 address at the National Defense University in Washington about counterterrorism. The review describes the topics and contexts of those speeches, which differ from the alleged Europe-Russia war statement.