BOARD GAMES DURING WWII

BACKGROUND

• Board games became popular for families
• Some board games were made for propaganda
• Others were made to help win the war
• A popular board game in Germany was a game called...
• "Bombers over England"

BOARD GAMES

• Monopoly
• Bombers over England
• Jews Out!
• Fallschirmjäger Spiel
• V Game

MONOPOLY

• Very popular game
• Made in 1902
• First called "Landlords Game"
• Helped Allied POW's escape

BOMBERS OVER ENGLAND

• German children played it
• Spring-Driven
• A early version of Pinball

JEWS OUT!

• Play as German police officers
• Expel Jews
• Expel 6 to win
• An extraordinarily amusing family game

FALLSCHIRMJÄGER SPIEL

• Fly over board
• Flick off pieces to score points
• Another German game

V GAME

• Launch "missiles" on to board
• Try to hit Hitler and his colleagues
• Also aim for German cities
• Made by German board game makers

IMPACT

• 100's of Allied POW's escaped
• "Jews out" made treatment to jews horrible
• V game showed that Germany was not that bad
• The war was won by the help of board games
• New board games made because of WWII

AXIS&ALLIES

• Made because of WWII
• Very popular game
• A game of strategy and tactics
• Made in 1984

THANK YOU!

WORKS CITED

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Garber, Megan. "How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 09 Jan. 2013. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.

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