Friedrich von Boetticher

Friedrich von Boetticher (14 October 1881 – 28 September 1967)^[1] was a German military officer who served as the military attaché to Washington, DC, from 1933 to 1941.^[2][3] During World War I, von Boetticher had served on the staff of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.^[4] Prior to his role as military attaché in Washington, D.C., he was in command of the military training academy at Jüterbog.^[5] While serving as attaché,^[6] he provided many intelligence reports to Berlin documenting the isolationist movement in the United States, and the state of military preparedness before Pearl Harbor.