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Get Out of Jail Free: Monopoly's Hidden Maps

It's a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, "Get Out of Jail Free." During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly. It was the perfect accomplice. Included in the items the German army allowed humanitarian groups to distribute in care packages to imprisoned soldiers, the game was too innocent to raise...Full Story
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