NewsNM: Swickard - this true story has floated around for several years and is appropriate on this Seventh of December when we think about World War II. From
ABC News.com - By
KI MAE HEUSSNER - It's a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, "Get Out of Jail Free." During
World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game
Monopoly. It was the perfect accomplice. Included in the items the German army allowed humanitarian groups to distribute in care packages to imprisoned soldiers, the game was too innocent to raise suspicion. But it was the ideal size for a top-secret escape kit that could help spring British POWs from German war camps. The British secret service conspired with the U.K. manufacturer to stuff a compass, small metal tools, such as files, and, most importantly, a map, into cut-out compartments in the Monopoly board itself. "It was ingenious," said Philip Orbanes, author of several books on
Monopoly, including "The World's Most Famous Game and How it Got That Way." "The Monopoly box was big enough to not only hold the game but hide everything else they needed to get to POWs."
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Get Out of Jail Free: Monopoly's Hidden Maps
NewsNM: Swickard - this true story has floated around for several years and is appropriate on this Seventh of December when we think about World War II. From ABC News.com - By KI MAE HEUSSNER - It's a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, "Get Out of Jail Free." During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly. It was the perfect accomplice. Included in the items the German army allowed humanitarian groups to distribute in care packages to imprisoned soldiers, the game was too innocent to raise suspicion. But it was the ideal size for a top-secret escape kit that could help spring British POWs from German war camps. The British secret service conspired with the U.K. manufacturer to stuff a compass, small metal tools, such as files, and, most importantly, a map, into cut-out compartments in the Monopoly board itself. "It was ingenious," said Philip Orbanes, author of several books on Monopoly, including "The World's Most Famous Game and How it Got That Way." "The Monopoly box was big enough to not only hold the game but hide everything else they needed to get to POWs." Read more
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