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245 10 a| Monopoly X :b| how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes /c| Philip E. Orbanes.;

246 30 a| How top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes;

246 3 a| How top-secret World War two operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied prisoners of war escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,c| [2025];

300 a| xiv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| "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.;

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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 / Philip E. Orbanes.

Author/creator	Orbanes, Philip author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xiv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Secret service. --Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945--Secret service. --United States. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American. Prisoners of war--Great Britain. Prisoners of war--United States. Prisoners of war--Germany. Prisoner-of-war escapes--Germany. Monopoly (Game)

Portion of title	How top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes
Variant title	How top-secret World War two operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied prisoners of war escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes
Contents	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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
LCCN	2024034461
ISBN	9780063425132
ISBN	0063425130 hardcover

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