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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

Friedrich von Boetticher (14 October 1881 – 28 September 1967)[1] was a German military officer who served as the military attaché of Germany to Washington DC from 1933 to 1941.[2][3] 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.

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
  3. ^ Lübken, Uwe (January 2007). "Hitler's Ambivalent Attaché: Lt. Gen. Friedrich von Boetticher in America, 1933–1941 (review)". The Journal of Military History. 70 (1): 251–252. doi:10.1353/jmh.2007.0049.