Background
Son of Greek Army general and political figure Neokosmos Grigoriadis, Solon Grigoriadis was born in Kastoria in February 1912.
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Son of Greek Army general and political figure Neokosmos Grigoriadis, Solon Grigoriadis was born in Kastoria in February 1912.
In 1932 he graduated from the Hellenic Naval Academy as an Ensign.
However, his naval career was very brief. Beginning in 1935, he worked for various Greek newspapers, writing articles on world politics, economics and geopolitics. He was also involved in politics, being elected in the "National Council" that EAM had set up, representing Edessa.
His father Neokosmos Grigoriadis was Chairman of the Council.
He died in Athens in October 1994.
During World World War II, and after the fall of Greece to the Nazis, he was active in the Greek Resistance, joining the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) and serving as an officer in the Greek People"s Liberation Navy (ELAN), the naval branch of the more famous Greek People"s Liberation Army (ELAS). As a war correspondent, Grigoriadis covered many important 20th century conflicts, such as the Vietnam War and the Prague Spring, and many of his articles and publications about strategy and politics were published in Greek and international military reviews.