ALEXANDER GEORGIADES THE SPYMASTER THAT ENDED WWII

Born in Othos on the isle of Karpathos Alexander Georgiades — son of a teacher and grandson of the village priest— emigrated to America where he studied electrical engineering at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Institute. He became an officially naturalized American citizen in 1940. During WWII he joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) the US intelligence service at the time. After several months of military training he operated as a Secret Intelligence Branch (SI) officer in the Evros region Greece paving the way for Allied sabotage against the Axis Powers.Georgiades was discharged from the Army with the rank of Captain and for his courageous service and meritorious conduct was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit of the American Army. A plethora of official American documents acknowledge with accolades the integrity ethos courage and gallantry he demonstrated during the execution of his dangerous mission.Once back in America he continued aiding the people of Greece by sending them livestock poultry and beasts of burden all of which Greece was lacking because of the war.Georgiades’ refusal to work for the CIA after the War and his prior cooperation with guerrillas of ELAS and the National Liberation Front (EAM) based on directives from Cairo placed him in the eye of a storm in McCarthy’s America. As a result of this he suffered many psychological and other persecutions.