Gunther E. Rothenberg

Gunther Rothenberg
Gunther Rothenberg
Born	11 July 1923; Berlin, Germany
Died	26 April 2004 (aged 80); Canberra, Australia
Resting place	Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, on 29 April 2004
Nationality	American
Education	University of Illinois, B.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1958; University of Chicago, M.A. 1956;
Occupation	Military historian
Known for	Napoleon's Greatest Adversaries: Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army and other books
Title	Professor 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	Royal Army Service Corps; Infantry; Intelligence Corps;
Years of service	1941–1946
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
Battles/wars	Italian Campaign (World War II); North African Campaign; Adriatic Campaign of World War II; Austria; post-war occupation of Austria;
Awards	Distinguished Conduct Medal; Medal of Merit;
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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