{"id":2302,"date":"2009-09-18T20:38:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2009-09-18T20:38:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:38:54","slug":"how-monopoly-helped-allied-prisoners-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2302","title":{"rendered":"How Monopoly Helped Allied Prisoners Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story is a great antidote to the avalanche of political stories being blogged about of late. Few realize this but secret maps and other things were smuggled to Allied prisoners of war during World War II inside Monopoly sets<\/a>. It’s a terrific story of ingenuity and creativity in keeping prisoners involved in the war effort. (Hat tip: Free Republic<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For fans of the game, check out Philip Orbanes terrific book Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game And How It Got That Way. <\/a>I previously reviewed the book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story is a great antidote to the avalanche of political stories being blogged about of late. Few realize this but secret maps and other things were smuggled to Allied prisoners of war during World War II inside Monopoly sets. It’s a terrific story of ingenuity and creativity in keeping prisoners involved in the war […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12,49],"tags":[322,323],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-tom","category-war","tag-monopoly","tag-world-war-ii"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t