The Big Three

The Big Three

1. Georges Clemenceau

   • The French Leader suffered a lot from the war as most of the battle were fought on French and Belgian land. He saw the Treaty of Versailles as a chance to cripple Germany
   • He wanted to split Germany up into smaller states and pay very large reparations
   • He was nicknamed 'The tiger' because he was so ferocious

2. Woodrow Wilson

   • The President of the USA was an idealist who didn't think the Treaty should be too harsh as Germany is not the only country to blame
   • He wrote the Fourteen points of what he wanted to achieve at the Paris Peace Conference
   • He wanted Global disarmament
   • He wanted to set up the League of Nations
   • He thought if Germany was punished too hard, they would one day want revenge!
   • He wanted small countries to have self-determination

3. David Lloyd George

   • Great Britain wanted Germany to lose its navy as Britain is an island and to lose it's colonies, things which Britain had
   • He wanted Germany to be able to trade with them like they had once done
   • He had public pressure back home as there was an election coming up and he needed to satisfy the people and so he sided with Clemenceau
   • Agreed with Wilson about Germany wanting revenge