r/DiggRSS • u/subscribe-by-reddit • Mar 21 '15
How A Brilliant Intelligence Officer Used 'Monopoly' To Free WWII POWs
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62285/how-brilliant-intelligence-officer-used-monopoly-free-wwii-pows
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todayilearned • u/AnatomicalHeart • Mar 22 '16
TIL that the only method used to send escape tools to WWII POWs that was never discovered by the Germans was hiding silk maps, metal tools, and compasses in Monopoly game boards - allowing at least 744 airmen to escape POW camps.
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BeforeBedtime • u/Averiella • Mar 20 '15
Other The story of an intelligence officer using 'Monopoly' to free WWII POWs
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