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
2025
Book
"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.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780063425132
- 0063425130
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN: 2024034461
Control Number: 3370475
Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]Subjects:
- Monopoly (Game)
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany.
- Prisoners of war -- Germany.
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain.
- Prisoners of war -- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, British.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.