How Did Lloyd George Build The Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was intended to be a peace agreement between the Allies and the Germans.
The responsible of creating the Treaty of Versailles were the four main leaders of the world: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando from Italy, and United States president Wood Wilson.
Out of the big three allies, France was the country that suffered the most during the war. As Alan Sharp stated, French had lost about 1.5 million military troops and about 400,00 civilians to World War I during the war. It was in French soil were most of the Western Front fighting took place, which left the country with a lot of physical loss. Therefore, France wanted to make sure Germany was never going …show more content…
He also intended to keep Germany as a future partner, although the Treaty would not allow it as Britain was still claiming reparations.
Woodrow Wilsons’ position was the weakest. He wanted to benefit and use trading opportunities in the future to secure and rebuild Europe, and hoped to avoid future wars. Wilson’ position was based on a fourteen point treaty, which included four principles and fourteen points. (REFERENCE OF THE POINTS)
In his Fourteen Points address of January 8, 1918; President Wilson’s demands are the following: Open diplomacy, Freedom of Navigation, Free Trade, Multilateral Disarment, Territorial Changes, Russia freedom of government, and a “League of Nations”. Where he states “a general association of nations… formed under specific convenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.”
While the negotiations of the Treaty were ongoing, Woodrow Wilson became ill and was unable to sign the Treaty. Therefore, the United Stated never joined the “League of Nations”, which allowed Clemenceau to shaped the Treaty as the French wanted and resulted in the Treaty being signed in
The responsible of creating the Treaty of Versailles were the four main leaders of the world: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando from Italy, and United States president Wood Wilson.
Out of the big three allies, France was the country that suffered the most during the war. As Alan Sharp stated, French had lost about 1.5 million military troops and about 400,00 civilians to World War I during the war. It was in French soil were most of the Western Front fighting took place, which left the country with a lot of physical loss. Therefore, France wanted to make sure Germany was never going …show more content…
He also intended to keep Germany as a future partner, although the Treaty would not allow it as Britain was still claiming reparations.
Woodrow Wilsons’ position was the weakest. He wanted to benefit and use trading opportunities in the future to secure and rebuild Europe, and hoped to avoid future wars. Wilson’ position was based on a fourteen point treaty, which included four principles and fourteen points. (REFERENCE OF THE POINTS)
In his Fourteen Points address of January 8, 1918; President Wilson’s demands are the following: Open diplomacy, Freedom of Navigation, Free Trade, Multilateral Disarment, Territorial Changes, Russia freedom of government, and a “League of Nations”. Where he states “a general association of nations… formed under specific convenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.”
While the negotiations of the Treaty were ongoing, Woodrow Wilson became ill and was unable to sign the Treaty. Therefore, the United Stated never joined the “League of Nations”, which allowed Clemenceau to shaped the Treaty as the French wanted and resulted in the Treaty being signed in