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What where the motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles?
Motives of Georges Clemenceau
France had been invaded twice by Germany, in the Franco Prussian war in 1871 and at the start of ww1 in 1914
there were no borders between France and Germany
France had suffered the most deaths and damage in ww1
wanted vengeance and a harsh treaty
public opinion hated Germany and demanded a harsh treaty to make sure they wouldn't be a threat to France anymore
radical
Aims of Georges Clemenceau
disarmament of Germany's army, navy and air force
high reparations to pay for all the damage done to France and to cripple their enconomy
the Saarland to be handed to France
some German colonies to be handed to France
the return of Alsace and Lorraine
the Rhineland to be made an independent state so there was a buffer between France and Germany
Motives of Lloyd George
if reparations were too high Germany wouldn't be able to rebuild or recover so Britain and Europe wouldn't be able to recover economically
is a pragmastist, he knows compromise must be found, publicly he wanted a harsh treaty but privately he wanted a more lenient treaty
he won the elections promising to make Germany pay for what they did so was under public pressure,
self-intrest for Britain
liberal
Aims of Lloyd George
wanted Germany's navy and colonies
wanted Germany as a trading partner
preserve the British Empire
Motives of Woodrow Wilson
create world peace
stop wars by preventing them, eliminating what caused them
Woodrow Wilson was an idealist, wants Germany to be treated leniently
the USA have suffered very little compared to Britan and France
believes that if Germany are treated too harshly, they will seek revenge
democrat
Aims of Woodrow Wilson
no secret treaties
free navigation
free trade
arms reduction
freedom for colonies
german troops leave Russia
belgium independent
Alsace Loraine returned to France
frontiers between Austria and Italy adjusted
self-determination for people in Austria-Hungary
Serbia has access to the sea
self-determination for people in Turkish empire
independent Poland with access to the sea
14 League of Nations formed
How was the treaty made
Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemenceau had to compromise on their demands
it was a diktat which means a dictated peace treaty since it had not been negotiated but imposed
article 231 said that Germany and the other Central Powers had to accept full responsibility for causing the war
MIlitary terms of the Treaty of Versailles
was limited to 100,000 soldiers
excluded from arms trade
was limited in type and quantity of weapons
no chemical weapons, armoured cars and tanks
no air force
was limited to six battleships
forbidden from joining League of Nations
no submarines
Territorial terms of the Treaty of Versailles
Alsace Lorraine returned to France
Saar coalfields given to France for 15 years
Rhineland kept but demilitarised
Germany forbadiden from joining Austria, anschluss forbidden
Germany colonies given to Great Powers as mandates
Malmedy to Belgium
North Schlewsig to Denmark
West Prussia and Upper Silesia to Poland
Danzing made a free city and under League's control
Memel to Lithuania
the rich farmlands of Posen and the Polish corridor between Germany and East Prussia given to Poland.
Economical terms of the Treaty of Versaillles
pay reparations, the sum wasn't fixed at Peace Conference but later on at Reparations Commissions 6,600 million in installments