Why Not Victors Not Get Everything They Want Flashcards
Britain
Britain wanted the treaty to be somewhat Fair
Strong Navy Still
(Wilson wanted to give all nations access to seas)
Appease British people
Remove colonies
France and USA
Clemenceau and Wilson massively Digresses
Harsh vs fair
14 point program
Felt that Brian was fine with putting France under threat
USA
Suffered very little casualties-
USA didn’t want revenge
Agreed somewhat with Britain but not over the sea asses
All the counties
All the counties had massively differing opinions
they never reached an agreement
Peace Talks
The peace talks were very disorganized
Wilson also fell ill in the final few weeks of them Clemenceau got his way then.
France aims
France and Clemenceau wanted Germany to be effectively destroyed
This couldn’t be done and would not be met with Wilson in the talks
Wilson Illness
Wilson was voted out of office and also fell ill I the run up to the treaties being passed