Conflict and tension

Peacemakers

Peacemakers

USA

UK

FRANCE

Aims of David Lloyd George

(British PM at end of WW1)

-trade with Germany

-make Germany pay (get justice not revenge)

-Expand British empire

Aims of Widrow Wilson

(President of America)

-make world safe

-disarmament

-self determination

-LON

Aims of George Clemenceau

(French PM)

-revenge

-weaken Germany

Positives of ToV for Lloyd George

-Expanded British empire

-smaller Germany army

Negatives of ToV for Lloyd George

treaty is too harsh and would lead to war

Positives of ToV for Wilson

-creation of LON

-self determination

Negatives of ToV for Wilson

-not all of his 14 points were fulfilled

-senate refused to join the LON

Positives of ToV for Clemenceau

-Alsace Lorraine returned to France

-Germany army reduced

-German reparations

Negatives of ToV for Clemenceau

-treaty wasn’t harsh enough

-wanted Germany to be split up

Article 231 of ToV

Germany was to blame for war

Article 232 of ToV

Reparations of £6,600,000,000 to be paid in annual instalments (10% of their agricultural industry was already taken by ToV, and they needed to rebuild their homes, & France/Britain were in debt to America)

Effects of Germany’s colonies being handed over to LON (as a result of ToV)

-Germany could no longer take from these colonies

-made France/Britain stronger than they already were

Effects of the disbandment of the airforce and