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WERE THE PEACE TREATIES OF 1919 23 FAIR CIE IGCSE HISTORY
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Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair? - CIE IGCSEHistory
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WERE THE PEACE TREATIES OF 1919 23 FAIR CIE IGCSE
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1. What were the motives and aims of Clemenceau at Versailles?: -Clemenceau
was harshest towards Germany -Wanted to punish Germany for the war
-Wanted a crippled Germany so they could never start another war or invade France
again
-Democratic leader - French people wanted revenge for the war
2. What were the motives and aims of Lloyd George at Versailles?: -Huge public
pressure in Britain for a harsh treaty
- Don't be too harsh on Germany -> Communists may rise to power like in Russia (1917)
-Germany had been Britain's second largest trading partner pre-WW1
- Germany should lose its navy and colonies because they threatened the British
Empire and its naval superiority
3. What were the motives and aims of Wilson at Versailles?: -Woodrow Wilson was
an idealist
-America suffered few casualties
-League of Nations and his 14 Points
- Don't be too harsh on Germany -> Communists may rise to power like in Russia (1917)
4. Wilson's Fourteen Points - What were the key ones?: -No secret treaties -Free
access to the seas
-Free trade between countries
-Self determination for the peoples of Europe
-Creation of the League of Nations
5. Clemenceau vs Wilson: - Clemenceau's stubbornness annoyed Wilson
- France had suffered much more than America - Clemenceau treaty should be harsh to
protect France
- Disagreed over Rhineland and coalfields in the Saar (compromise - Wilson gives way)
- Disagreed over self-determination (Compromise - Clemenceau gives way)
6. Clemenceau vs Lloyd George: - Disagreed over harshness of treaty
- Clemenceau thought LG was being hypocritical - wanted to take away Germany's navy
and colonies
7. Wilson vs Lloyd George: - Lloyd George unhappy about point 2 (free access to seas)
- Self-determination was threatening because British Empire ruled millions globally from
London
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