The men who created the Treaty were leaders of prominent countries in the Allied powers. Vittorio Orlando was the premier of Italy, David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, Georges Clemenceau, the French prime minister, Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. Each of the men bought slightly different viewpoints to the Paris meeting.

Vittorio Orlando, as was stated above, was the premier of Italy. He sided with the Allies after the Secret Treaty of London. In this treaty, France and Britain promised to give Italy complete access to the Adriatic Sea that defined its western coast. In the Treaty of Versailles, Italy was given use and control of the Adriatic Sea. They were not, however, given the land they were promised or the extra pieces of territory they had been wanting. The Italians felt that they had been treated very badly during the war. They, with Orlando repr

The above punishments took a tremendous physical and psychological toll on the German populace. The Germans were greatly in debt. Their economy suffered from hyper-inflation, e.g., it took a barrel of German marks to buy a loaf of bread. They blamed the international banking community (especially those owned by Jewish people) of fostering this economic hardship on them.

Furthermore, the Germans were not allowed to have any tanks, any air force nor any chemical grade weapons of any kind. Germany was forced to surrender any and all of its submarines. They were also forbidden to have more than six large ships. Wilson did win one concession; instead of giving the Rhineland- that land area between France and Germany- to either of the victor countries, the land was demilitarized. However, Allied troops occupied this area for fifteen years after the Treaty was signed.

David Lloyd George, who I also made reference to above, was the British prime minister. He also wanted to punish Germany for the war. Mostly, the cause for his desire to punish Germany was influenced by the public opinion of Great Britain. The people ran through the streets crying such phrases as “Make Germany pay” and “Squeeze them until the pips squeak.”

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