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that when Fritz Duquesne s farm was torched and mum sent to a concentration camp as part of Lord Kitchener s policy in the Second Boer War, he vowed revenge. 15 years later, during WW1, he infiltrated Kitchener s warship and signalled a German submarine, which sank the boat, killing Kitchener

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Fun Fact: that when Fritz Duquesne’s farm was torched and mum sent to a concentration camp as part of Lord Kitchener’s policy in the Second Boer War, he vowed revenge. 15 years later, during WW1, he infiltrated Kitchener’s warship and signalled a German submarine, which sank the boat, killing Kitchener

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