Gunther Rothenberg | |
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Born | 11 July 1923 Berlin, Germany |
Died | 26 April 2004 Canberra, Australia | (aged 80)
Resting place | Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, on 29 April 2004 |
Nationality | American |
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Occupation | Military historian |
Known for | Napoleon's Greatest Adversaries: Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army and other books |
Title | Professor Emeritus, Purdue University |
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Years of service | 1941–1946 |
Rank | Sergeant |
Unit | Eighth Army (United Kingdom) |
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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.