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Clemenceau's views
Who was Georges Clemenceau?
Georges Clemenceau was prime minister of France. His view differed from those held by the rest of the Big Three at the Paris Peace Conference.
How did the war affect Clemenceau's views?
France had suffered the loss of 1.4 million soldiers and 300,000 civilians in World War One, as well as the destruction of agriculture, industries, transport and towns.
What were Clemenceau's views at the Peace Conference?
Clemenceau was known as 'The Tiger' and was uncompromising in his views at the Conference.
- ❖ World War One was the second time France had been invaded by Germany in fifty years. Clemenceau wanted to ensure France would be kept safe in the future.
- ❖ He wanted Germany to permanently disarm.
- ❖ He wanted Germany to pay very high reparations.
- ❖ Germany had taken the French region of Alsace-Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. Clemenceau wanted it returned.
- ❖ He believed that the Saar Basin, a rich coal-mining region of Germany, should be given to France.
- ❖ He wanted France to be given many of Germany's overseas colonies.
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