HISTORY IGCSE REVISION CARDS - 003. MOTIVES AND AIMS OF THE BIG THREE.

1. MOTIVES AND AIMS OF THE BIG THREE
Clemenceau
 to ensure the future security of France as Germany had attacked
France twice in previous 50 years
 to punish Germany severely, leaving it weak
 the permanent disarmament of Germany
 very high level of reparations to pay for the destruction caused
 return of Alsace-Lorraine
 the Rhineland to become an independent state so that France no
longer shared a common border with Germany
 Saar Basin to be transferred to France
Wilson
 fair and lasting peace to prevent Germany seeking revenge
 aimed to allow nations to decide their own political future (self-
determination)
 international cooperation with countries working together to settle
disputes peacefully in the future.
 his Fourteen Points
Lloyd George
 just and firm peace which avoided Germany seeking revenge but
satisfied the British people
 a share of Germany’s colonies
 the economic revival of Europe and the German economy so trade
would be re-established
 to reduce the threat of the spread of communism from Russia
 to maintain the strength and power of the British navy to protect
Britain’s colonies
 to persuade Clemenceau to make key concessions to ensure France
did not become the dominant power in Europe.