What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at the Paris

George Clemenceau was the French President at the time, and he represented France at the peace conferences. He was a hard, tough politician known for being uncompromising. He was aware of the fact that ever since 1870 France had felt threatened by Germany, because of the two previous invasions. (WWI had only increased this feeling) Therefore it was Clemenceau’s main aim to cripple Germany with a ha

Woodrow Wilson was the American President at the time and he represented America at the conference. Now America only fought in the final year of WWI, but Wilson still came to the peace conference with a lot of ideas. He wasn’t there to punish Germany, but to strengthen democracy in the defeated nations. He thought that if people had a vote, then they would prevent their future leaders from starting another war. Wilson didn’t like the idea of a harsh treaty because he thought that sooner or later Germany would seek revenge. His main aim at the conference was world peace. He released fourteen points on what he thought would help achieve this. Among these points, Wilson included his views on self-determination. He believed that nations should rule themselves rather than be ruled by others. Britain and France did not agree with this point, they thought it was impractical.

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