O-LEVEL HISTORY
France : Georges Clemenceau
-War essentially fought on french soil , therefore France suffered more physical destruction than any other countries
-French public wanted revenge
- Heavy reparations for Germany
-Germany to accept full blame for causing the war
-Wanted compensation for its war losses
-Placed harshest demands on Germany to ensure that Germany would never be a threat toFrance again
-Wanted to regain Alsace-Lorraine
-Wanted demilitarised zone between Germany and France
USA : Woodrow Wilson
-Public wanted USA to not be invloved in anymore 'Foreign Entanglements'
-Wanted to establish his fourteen points to prevent future wars
Britain : David Llyod-George
-Wanted a weak German navy
-Opposed to treating Germany too harshly as he feared another war
-High number of deaths and the British wartime propaganda made the British public anti-germany
-Was aware that a strong German economy was vital to Britain as Germany was a large trading parnter
-Wanted Germany to prevent rise of communism
War Guilt Clause
Germany to accept total blame for causing WWI
Reparations
High war reparations of 6,600 million
Territorial Reductions
Lost all her overseas colonies in Africa and Asia Pacific
Alsace-Lorraine to France
Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium
Northern Schleswig to Denmark
Polish Corridor and Upper Silesia to Poland
Profits of Saar Coal region to France
Not allowed to unite with Austria-Hungary
Military Reductions
Army of 100 000
Navy of 15 000 men and limited to only 6 battleships
Not allowed to have airforce
Not allowed to have tanks
Not allowed to have submarines
Prohibited from conscription
Rhineland , along with Germany's western borders with France were made a demilitarised zone . The Rhineland was important as it was the border area between Germany and France
Self Determination
People previously belonging in Austria Hungary in Central Europe with a common identity were given the right to govern themselves .