Louis Tronnier Explained

Louis Tronnier
Birth Date:21 November 1897
Death Place:Voikovo prison camp
Rank:Generalmajor
Commands:123rd Infantry Division
Korps Abteilung F
62nd Infantry Division
Battles:Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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

References

Bibliography

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 346.