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During World War II, the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany. Their secret weapon? Monopoly boxes.
At the time, the Nazis were hard-pressed to get provisions to their own troops, much less to the Allied soldiers they'd captured.
The Germans happily welcomed Red Cross aid packages for POWs. So throwing Monopoly games into the care kits along with food and clothing was met with little scrutiny. Monopoly was already a well-known game throughout Europe, and the German guards saw it as the perfect way for their detainees to remain occupied for hours. vintage postcards
Real German, French, and Italian currency was hidden under all of the Monopoly funny money! This mullah bribed many a guard. Thousands of POW's escaped because of this brilliant plan!
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14 cool cats commented:
Bonjour !
Tu as toujours de très belles vieilles affiches...
Very funny pictures...
That WAS a brilliant plan! I love Monopoly!
After being POWs for a while, I wonder if those guys might not have been as happy to have the Monopoly game to play as the money!
Very interesting! You're always good for a history lesson Marie!
As Sgt. Shultz might have said...verrryyyy interesting!
Very cool idea.
I'd call that thinking inside the box! Love the currency; I miss all the different European bills and coins; luckily I collected lots of them in the mid-80s.
How cool is that! And they didn't even have to mortgage Boardwalk! :)
Just checked my Monopoly game to see if by chance there was some real dough hidden in there...no luck. I love to play Monopoly, but rarely find someone who wants to. My favorite properties are the yellow ones.
i wonder if there is a child anywhere that has not enjoyed monopoly? i tried to get your posts sent to me every day...but was unsuccessful, can you let me know how to do it? i do so enjoy them, but don't look at other blogs daily.
My old strategy in Monopoly was to buy up all the cheap property and use up all the hotels. As long as we followed strict rules, this often worked and I could make deals later to release the hotels. Your posts are always fascinating.
What an interesting story behind the MONOPOLY !!
THose are cool. And, I am a BIG fan of cool trivia...keep it coming!
Such a cool story - this is why history is interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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