The Big Three
- Created by: Christina Harris
- Created on: 20-04-13 10:26
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- The Big Three
- Woodrow Wilson, the US President
- wanted a fair peace
- during the war he had called for a fair settlement in his famous Fourteen points speech (January 1918)
- The USA had suffered much less than its allies in loss of life and economic damage.
- he accepted that Germany must be punished but he did not want this to be too harsh
- he believed in self-determination - that every nation should have its own government.
- Clemenceau, the French Premier
- called for a harsh treatment of Germany.
- much of the war had been fought in France and the level of damage was enormous
- his aim was to weaken Germany so much that it would never again try to dominate Europe.
- Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister
- wanted a middle ground between the French and American positions.
- he was more interested in the British Empire than events in Europe
- Britain was heavily in debt and needed Germany as a trade partner to help pay them back
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