What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles?
The Paris Peace Conference at Versailles was attended by 32 states representing more than two thirds of the world's population. Exceptions were the defeated powers, who were excluded from negotiations. Soviet Russia was also not invited as the Bolsheviks were in favour of communist worker's revolutions, making them effectively enemies of the governments of the capitalist powers. The main players at the conference were the representatives of victorious powers that had made the biggest contribution to defeating the central powers
President Wilson- USA
Prime Minister Clemenceau- France
Lloyd George- Great Britain
They each came to the conference with different aims, dictated by the extent to which their nations had suffered in the war, the desires of their populations, their beliefs and personal ideologies.
-President Wilson did not want Germany treated harshly because he thought that if Germany was punished severely than, in the future, Germany would want revenge.
-Lloyd George wanted to protect British interests by ending the threat to the Navy and Empire.
-Prime Minister Clemenceau wanted Germany to pay for the cost of the damage.
He wanted revenge on Germany for all the suffering.
President Wilson- USA
Prime Minister Clemenceau- France
Lloyd George- Great Britain
They each came to the conference with different aims, dictated by the extent to which their nations had suffered in the war, the desires of their populations, their beliefs and personal ideologies.
-President Wilson did not want Germany treated harshly because he thought that if Germany was punished severely than, in the future, Germany would want revenge.
-Lloyd George wanted to protect British interests by ending the threat to the Navy and Empire.
-Prime Minister Clemenceau wanted Germany to pay for the cost of the damage.
He wanted revenge on Germany for all the suffering.