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Louis Tronnier

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Years of service
  
1915–18 1934–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Died
  
January 27, 1952

Name
  
Louis Tronnier

Rank
  
Generalmajor


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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of the Caucasus Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
123e division d'infanterie, 62e division d'infanterie

Louis Tronnier (21 November 1897 – 27 January 1952) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Tronnier surrendered to the Red Army forces during the second Soviet Jassy–Kishinev Offensive in August 1944. He died on 27 January 1952 at Voikovo officers' prison camp near Ivanovo.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 November 1942 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 70
  • References

    Louis Tronnier Wikipedia