Louis Tronnier

Louis Tronnier
Born	21 November 1897
Died	27 January 1952(1952-01-27) (aged 54) Voikovo prison camp
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	123rd Infantry Division Korps Abteilung F 62nd Infantry Division
Battles/wars	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

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 November 1942 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 70^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 111th Infantry Division
Otto Barth Otto Herfurth Hermann Recknagel¹ (Swords) Otto Stapf Louis Tronnier
¹ Knight's Cross with the 18th Infantry Division, Swords with the XXXXII Army Corps.

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