How Monopoly was used to Free POWs during WWII
Description
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Disclaimer & Inspo for todays episode
1:21 - The Origin of Monopoly
2:44 - The REAL Origin of Monopoly
12:49 - The History of MI9
15:33 - Christopher Clayton Hutton
20:45 - Maps & Monopoly
25:58 - Getting the games into the POW Camps
30:18 - Knowing what to look for
31:42 - Sending a message
34:08 - Other ways they snuck stuff in
35:17 - The American Effort
36:43 - Game Over
38:22 - Declassified
Sources:
https://www.visitforgottonia.com/lizzie-magie-inventor-of-monopoly/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/mi9-the-ingenious-secret-service-of-the-second-world-war https://www.thelegendofq.co.uk/christopher-clayton-hutton.html
http://www.ww2rafcollection.co.uk/RAF_Collection/Aircrew_Evasion_&_Escape.html
A ton of other sources are linked on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hutton
https://invention.si.edu/invention-stories/woman-inventor-behind-monopoly
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