__NOTOC__ 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

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. 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

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on 28 November 1942 as '' Oberst'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 70Fellgiebel 2000, p. 346.

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