Gunther E. Rothenberg

Gunther Rothenberg
Born11 July 1923
Berlin, Germany
Died26 April 2004(2004-04-26) (aged 80)
Canberra, Australia
Resting placeGungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, on 29 April 2004
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationMilitary historian
Known forNapoleon's Greatest Adversaries: Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army and other books
TitleProfessor Emeritus, Purdue University
Spouses
  • Eugenia (Jean) Jaeger (1952–1967 div.)
  • Ruth (Joy May) Gillah Smith (1969–1992 her death)
  • Eleanor Hancock (1995–2004 his death)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch
Years of service1941–1946
RankSergeant
UnitEighth Army (United Kingdom)
Battles / wars
Awards
Notes

Gunther Erich Rothenberg (11 July 1923 – 26 April 2004) was an internationally known military historian, best known for his publications on the Habsburg military and Napoleonic Wars. He had a fifteen-year military career, as a British Army soldier in World War II, a Haganah officer in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.

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  4. ^ Dennis, Peter (Winter 2004). "Professor Gunther E. Rothenberg (1923–2004): in memoriam" (PDF). Australian Army Journal. 2 (1): 252–254. ISSN 1448-2843. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2014.