Geoffrey Pyke is remembered as an eccentric scientist who spewed out ideas like giant aircraft carriers made of icy Pykerete. But there was much more to him than that. He was a spy, a special operations mastermind, and his novel ideas contributed to the success of D-Day.

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Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
State Library Victoria
Wellcome Collection gallery
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Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Underlying Truth - Howard Harper-Barnes
Reading Through Closed Books - David Celeste
Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell
The Spy - Wendy Marcini
The Plan - Wendy Marcini
London - Howard Harper-Barnes
The Inspector 4 - Johannes Bornlöf
Sailing for Gold - Howard Harper-Barnes
Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
Leave It All Here - Fabien Tell
Defeated STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Wendel Scherer
Penumbra (Scaled Down Version) - Martin Landh

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