Gunther E. Rothenberg
| Gunther Rothenberg | |
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Gunther Erich Rothenberg 11 July 1923 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 26 April 2004 (aged 80) Canberra, Australia |
| Resting place | Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, on 29 April 2004 |
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| Nationality | United States |
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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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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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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.
Gunther Erich Rothenberg was born in Berlin. His family was a culturally assimilated German Jewish family. In 1937, Rothenberg moved to the Netherlands with his mother; his father later joined them. The family moved next to Britain, where Rothenberg had some schooling. In 1939, he moved to Mandatory Palestine, then under British rule. There he joined the Zionist movement and Hashomer Hatzair (The Youth Guard), a Socialist-Zionist youth movement. He retained his passion for a Jewish homeland throughout his life.
On 13 July 1941, his parents emigrated to the United States on the Villa de Madrid, an overcrowded ocean-liner that left Barcelona on 20 June. His father, Erich Joseph Rothenberg, was an importer, and both his parents spoke English, Hebrew, French, and German. Their visas, issued in Lisbon, Portugal, claimed Cuban citizenship. At the age of 57, his father registered for the fourth draft in 1942, listing his residence as New York City, and his next of kin as his wife, Lotte.
In 1941, Gunther Rothenberg volunteered for the British army, serving in an all-Jewish unit. He was wounded in North Africa. He transferred from the Royal Army Service Corps to the Intelligence Corps and fought with the Eighth Army. He served in the Italian campaign, in the Yugoslav war of liberation and in Austria. His service continued in the occupation of Austria until 1946. He was a civilian employee of U.S. Intelligence 1946-1948. Rothenberg returned to Palestine and joined the Haganah for Israel's War of Independence. He rose to the rank of captain in the Israel Defense Forces.
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