HeritagePhoto Wikimedia CommonsPozieres
France
We’ll have a lunch break in a local restaurant/café in La Boisselle or Pozières
Contents
8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Orientation
Welcome to Pozieres, a small French village that occupies a place of unparalleled sorrow and pride in the history of Australia. We are standing at the highest point on the entire Somme battlefield, a ridge that both sides…
Listen in the app2The Gibraltar Bunker — A Concrete Sentinel
On the edge of the village, we find one of the few surviving pieces of German fortification: the Gibraltar Bunker. This was a massive reinforced concrete observation post that gave the Germans an unobstructed view across the…
Listen in the app3The Windmill Site — Sacred Soil
Continuing along the main road toward the north of the village, we reach the site of the old Windmill. For centuries, a windmill stood here on the highest point of the ridge. …
Listen in the app4The Tank Memorial — A Revolution in Warfare
Just across from the Windmill site stands a unique monument: the Tank Memorial. This site marks a pivotal moment in military history. …
Listen in the app5The Pozieres Memorial to the Missing
We now approach the Pozieres Memorial, which forms the perimeter of the Pozieres British Cemetery. This site is particularly poignant because it commemorates over fourteen thousand soldiers of the British and South African forces…
Listen in the app6The Road to Bapaume — The Artery of War
The main road running through the village—the Albert-Bapaume Road—is more than just a thoroughfare. During the war, it was the vital artery of the British front. …
Listen in the app7Mouquet Farm — The Final Objective
Though slightly north of the village center, Mouquet Farm—or 'Mucky Farm' as the Australians called it—is an essential part of the Pozieres story. After the village and the Windmill were taken, the Australians were ordered to…
Listen in the app8Closing
As our tour of Pozieres concludes, we return to the central truth of this ridge: it is a place of memory that belongs as much to Australia as it does to France. The twenty-three thousand men who became casualties here represented…
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What is Pozieres?
Pozieres is a place in France with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 8 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 50.0410, 2.7294 |
| Last updated |
