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How Monopoly Helped WW2 Prisoners ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ | Board Game History

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In WW2, over 200,000 allied prisoners were taken captive. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and a hare-brained scheme was hatched to bust POWs out of their camps. The method? Monopoly.

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24.12.2022

32 Comments

  1. The map segment had me dying laughing. All that crumbling around and alarms going.

  2. Adam looks sooo good in that uniform! HOW does this man NOT have a tv show or something? His side jokes and fluid storytelling (like "we're taling about the war" "Psyche, we're talking about the game actually!"). Feckin' brill.

  4. its so insane it works!

  5. I wasn't too excited to watch this, but that intro. I am in!

  6. This was really interesting, thank you.

  7. This needs a Sabaton song.

  8. …oh my God, he's worth EVERY F*CKING PENNY!

  10. Why does he keep saying monopoly's shit. I think it's great

  11. And Monopoly goes on forever and ever and ever and ever

  12. This was so interesting really didn't think it would be for me but really enjoyed it. Keep it up!

  13. Fantastic video well done! Great timing as well as this year does mark the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII. Everyone should share the shit out of this video, it deserves so many views!

  14. Found this fascinating and brilliant

  15. I swear Adam Blampied could make a colonoscopy entertaining

  16. Adam this is amazing! Fantastic job!

  17. Adam is perfect for storytelling. Equally hilarious and interesting, and able to switch between both immediately. Glad your back.

  18. I hoped you was going to book better the rules of Monopoly xD

  19. Adam blampied = the hardest working man on the internet… fact

  20. "Italians. Check your attics!" Had to watch the rest of the video again because I was laughing so loud at that

  21. I can only imagine the checks for those packages of Monopoly
    “Safe, safe, safe, knife, safe, gun, safe, WWE Championship, safe…”

  22. I really liked this video
    I would like to see more board game history

  23. Board Gaming History is the series I didn’t know I needed

  24. We need more ww2 uniformed Adam

  25. Certainly the best monopoly video

  26. I love monopoly. I have like 6 versions 😂

  27. Just stumbled on this channel and I’m living this history of board games series. More please!!!

  29. They “designed a game to help prisoners get out of jail free”
    ….. I see what you did there !!! Lol 👏 😂 👏 😆

  30. This is so interesting! It's so unreal to me how much spy stuff is actually based off of some insane shit that actually happened

  31. CHEEKY BIBLE LOLS!!!!!!!!!

  32. You were right, it did deserve more eyes on it. Were there any other videos in this series?

  33. 3:09 speaking of Nintendo

    They were in the business of playing card manufacturing back then. I wonder if the Japanese government had them do anything war related in terms of printing.

  34. How come this isn't common knowledge? This is wild!

  35. Great video, I love that story!
    P.S. What uniform is that?

  37. How am I just hearing about this channel now? Good stuff guys.

  39. Hitler: we have the best prisons nobody can escape

    A piece of card board: hold my get out of jail free card

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