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In todays episode we look at the history of Monopoly and how the game helped thousands of allied prisoners to escape and rejoin the fight to help win WW2

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www.historyonline.com/instant-articles/Germanys-pow-camp.html

www.armedforcesmuseum.com/monopoly-in-world-war-ii/

www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2013/jan/08/history-monopoly-waddingtons-victor-watson-stalag-prisoners-of-war

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/wwii-monopoly-game-escape-version.html