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Monopoly X : how a top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes Cover Image Book

Monopoly X : how a top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes / Philip E. Orbanes.

Orbanes, Philip, (author.).

Summary:

"The incredible true story of how Monopoly games were used to smuggle escape aids to Allied servicemen in German P.O.W. camps...and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063425132
  • ISBN: 0063425130
  • Physical Description: xiv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Escape from Colditz -- The Monopoly man -- The deeds of conspirators -- The Americans join the game -- The Splaatz effect and the birth of Monopoly X -- The top hat: "Get out of jail free" -- "That's too wonderful to be true" -- Benoîte, la mademoiselle de la Monopoly -- Nori -- Baltic -- Monopoly and the brothers Parker -- The top hat: "For services rendered" -- The racecar and the racecar -- Love and treason -- The Cole mission and the operation -- The Baltic radioman -- Fingernails, Finns, and the fatherland -- Spaatz and the buna-werke -- The last days of Stalag Luft I -- Finale in France -- Epilogue: The final accounting.

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Moore County Library 940.54 ORB (Text) 48198030052795 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/16/2025