Tratado De Versalles

Subject: History.

Title: The Treaty of Versailles.

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FRANCE

Georges Clemenceau GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd George AMERICA

Woodrow Wilson

Make Germany pay!

Germany has to be stopeed from invading again. Revenge

He saw the treaty as an opportunity to cripple Germany, so that it could not attack France again. The French presidente even wanted Germany broken up into a collection of smaller states, but Clemenceau knew that the British and Americans would not agree to this. He was a realist and knew he would probably be forced to compromise on some issues. However, he had show he was aware of public opinion in France. He demanded a treaty that would weaken Germany as much as possible. Similar to French but worried that too harsh a treaty might cause more hostility in future.

He wanted Germany to be justly punished but not too harshly. He wanted Germany to lose its navy and its colonies because Britain thought they threatened the British Empire. He did not want Germany seek revenge in the future and possibly start another war. He was also keen for Britain and Germany to begin trading with each other again.

Put foward the use of “the 14 points” designed to establish a lasting peace in Europe.

His objetive was to build a better and more peaceful world from the ruins of the Great War. Wilson did believe that Germany should be punished. Wilson’s main aim was to strengthen democracy in the defeated nation so that its people would not let its leaders cause another war. He wanted the different peoples of eastern Europe (for example, Poles, Czechs and Slovaks) to rule themselves rather than be part of Austria-Hungary’s empire.

From left to right, Prime Minister David Lloyd George in the UK, Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States

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 Some felt that the aim was to punish Germany. (FRANCE AND BRITAIN)

 Others felt that the aim was to cripple Germany so that it could not start another war. (FRANCE)

 Many felt that the point of the Conference was to reward the winning countries. (BRITAIN)

 Others believed that the aim of the Conference should be to establish a just and lasting peace. (USA)

There as also a strong feeling that Germany should pay for all the damage and destruction caused by the war. Apart from the USA, all of the countries that had fought in the war were exhausted. Their economies and their industries were in a bad state. Millions of young men had been killed or injured on both sides. Total British and French casualties, killed or injured, probably amounted to over 9 million. Ordinary civilians had faced shortages of food and medicine. Villages and towns in large areas of Belgium and France had been devastated.

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At the treaty of Versailles, Germany agreed to:

1. Accept the new map of Europe.

2. Accept the decisions made by the new League of Nations.

3. Limit the size of its army and navy.

4. To give up its Empire.

5. To accept blame for the war and to pay reparations to countries that suffered damage during the war.

6. 10 per cent of its land.

7. All of the overseas colonies.

8. 12.5 per cent of its populations.

9. 16 per cent of its coalfields and almost half of its iron and steel industry.

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As the talks at Versailles went on, it became

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