Friedrich von Boetticher

Friedrich von Boetticher (14 October 1881 – 28 September 1967)[1] was a German military officer who served as military attachés of Germany to Washington, D.C. from 1933 to 1941.[2] While serving as attaché, he provided many intelligence reports to Berlin documenting the isolationist movement in the United States, and the state of military preparedness before Pearl Harbor.

Friedrich von Boetticher
Born(1881-10-14)14 October 1881
Berthelsdorf, Kingdom of Saxony
Died28 September 1967(1967-09-28) (aged 85)
Bielefeld, West Germany
Allegiance
  •  German Empire
  •  Weimar Republic
  •  Nazi Germany
Branch
RankLieutenant general
Wars

References
  1. Alfred M. Beck: Hitler's Ambivalent Attaché: Gen.Lt. Friedrich von Boetticher in America 1933–1941. Potomac Books, Washington DC 2005, ISBN 1-57488-877-3, S. 232.
  2. Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 (2013) ISBN 978-0812982145 by Lynne Olson


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