The Big Three
Woodrow Wilson
Georges Clemenceau
Aims
General information
Make Germany pay for reparations (compensation) of war damage
Essentially cripple Germany and make it as weak as could be
Revenge after France's loss in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870/1871 (to get back the originally French land, Alsace-Lorraine)
French Journalist and politician since 1870s
Doesn't trust Lloyd George
Thinks WIlson is too idealistic
General information
Aims
Create a League of Nations based on his fourteen points (with six key principles)
Self determination
A fair peace treaty to punish Germany but not humiliate it
Setting up a League of Nations
Freedom of colonies
Freedom of the seas
Free trade
Security for France from (German) attacks
Weaken Germany's army by banning conscription and cutting out branches of the armed forces (Navy and Air Force)
Disarmament
Ensure Germany isn't destroyed
Scholar from a highly respectable American family
People back in the US wanted him to stop getting involved in European politics, there were many casualties which horrified them
Political enemies would take any chance to attempt to get him
He thinks Lloyd George and Cleamenceau are too selfish
David Lloyd George
General information
Aims
He wants to build the British empire and take some of Germany's land and colonies
Leave Germany strong enough to trade but punish them enough to keep people at home happy and get justice for them
Keep Britain's Navy strong, intact and make it stronger to achieve the perception of a strong naval force
Used to be a poor Welsh boy
Lawyer - known to be a clever talker
Doesn't like Wilson's point that suggests Britain gives freedom to its colonies
Doesn't trust Clemenceau (Clemenceau already tried to hit him)