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

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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
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Monopoly X : how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes
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Monopoly X
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how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes
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Prisoner-of-war escapes
Prisoners and prisons, American
Prisoners and prisons, British
Prisoners of war
Secret service
World War, 1939-1945

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