Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Goltz a Züllichau, Brandenburg. Babban Janar da ke jagorantar rundunar sojan Jamus na masu gadi a ƙafa a Faransa, an tura shi zuwa Finland a watan Maris na 1918 don taimakawa gwamnatin kasa a cikin
yakin basasa da Finnish "Reds" da kuma Soviet Rasha sojojin. Ya umurci rukunin binciken Jamus ("Rukunin Tekun Baltic") wanda ya sauka a Hanko, Finland, tsakanin 3 ga Afrilu da 5 ga Afrilu 1918, sannan ya yi tafiya zuwa babban birnin kasar Helsinki, wanda ke karkashin mulkin gurguzu, wanda ya mika wuya bayan yakin Helsinki a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1918. Sojojin Jamus sun taimaka wa gwamnatin Finland ta mallaki yawancin ƙasar a watan Mayu 1918. Goltz ya kasance tare da sojojinsa a Finland bayan yakin basasa har zuwa Disamba 1918 kuma ya kasance babban tasirin siyasa a cikin ƙasar, wanda Janar Janar na White Army Hannes Ignatius ya bayyana a matsayin "ainihin mai mulkin Finland". A lokacin rani na 1918, Goltz ya so ya maye gurbin sojojin White Finnish tare da sabon rundunar soja na Finnish, inda duk jami'an Jamus za su kasance a cikin manyan mukamai kuma za a horar da 'yan wasan bisa ga ka'idodin sojojin Jamus. Janar na Finnish Ignatius, von Gerich da Theslöf sun yi murabus daga rundunar sojan Finland don nuna rashin amincewa. Jamusawa sun so su yi amfani da sojojin Finnish a kan ƙungiyoyin Allied da suka shiga tsakani a Murmansk da Arkhangelsk.