Le Tommy restaurant museum in Pozières welcomes new pieces from the First World War – France Bleu

They almost ended up in a museum in Nuremberg. Two German artillery pieces from the First World War arrived in Pozières at Dominique Zanardi a few days ago. The owner of the Le Tommy restaurant, which is also a museum, collected them from another museum that will close its doors soon. “He is a friend, he would rather they stay here than go back to Germany“, explains the history lover.

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These are two “Minenwerfer”, “mine launcher” in French. Mortars capable of firing shells weighing 40 to 100 kg at 1 km. The larger of the two weighs more than a ton. “He took 21 German soldiers to the front line“, explained Dominique. These artillery pieces were of unparalleled power of their kind “the most terrible weapons of the German army in the First World War and especially in 1916. A Minenwerfer of this type was used at the Battle of the Somme, “there was at least one in Beaumont-Hamel”, numerous their new owner.**

Other novelties are found at Dominique’s house, such as a “goat”, which was used to carry shells or a triple German rocket launcher, which allowed three rockets to be fired at the same time to light the battlefield in the middle the night

Find the tour of Dominique Zanardi’s restaurant museum here