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General Category => Discontempt => Topic started by: Thrash on October 07, 2020, 11:39:52 PM

Title: How The Game Monopoly Freed Thousands Of POWs
Post by: Thrash on October 07, 2020, 11:39:52 PM

 Who helped you to "get out of jail free"; British Intelligence, indeed!
 (https://abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology/monopolys-hidden-maps-wwii-pows-escape/story?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&id=8605905&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D#aoh=16021274356185&amp_ct=1602127844722&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FTechnology%2Fmonopolys-hidden-maps-wwii-pows-escape%2Fstory%3Fid%3D8605905)

Title: Re: How The Game Monopoly Freed Thousands Of POWs
Post by: Tru on October 14, 2020, 08:00:15 PM

This was pretty interesting. Prisoners in the US had it much better and I think was the inspiration for Hogans Hero's. A pow camp where the prisoners are basically in charge.

Title: Re: How The Game Monopoly Freed Thousands Of POWs
Post by: Thrash on October 15, 2020, 06:21:57 PM

I'm thinking so ...
There's a few stories where POWs "got along" with captors who were merely "doing their job(s)" ...