FRANCE - George Clemenceau

Question 1

What were the attitudes towards Germany? (3)

Answer 1

• UNFORGIVING
• wanted a HARSH peace
• didn’t want to repeat the same war

Question 2

What were Clemenceau’s AIMS in the ToV? (2++)

Answer 2

• wanted to ENSURE FUTURE SECURITY OF FRANCE
  –> bc G attacked F TWICE in the previous 50 yrs
  = Franco-Prussian War 1870
• wanted to punish G severely leaving it WEAK
  = so it wouldn’t be able to fight again

Question 3

What were Clemenceau’s MOTIVES in the Tov? (4++)

Answer 3

• wanted PERMANENT DISARMAMENT of G
• high level of REPARATIONS
  –> for all the destructions mostly caused in France
• RETURN OF ALSACE-LORAINE to F
  = SAAR BASIN transfered to F
• INDEPENDENCE OF THE RHINELAND
  –> so that the F wouldn’t be sharing a border with G

Question 4

What were the satisfied demands? (4)

Answer 4

• DEMILITARISATION OF THE RHINELAND
  = F Eastern frontier safe
• G’s economic power + military capacity ↓↓
• HIGH AMOUNT OF REPARATIONS
• F gained some G colonies

Question 5

What were the dissatisfied demands? (5)

Answer 5

• Rhineland NOT independent
• the scale of reparations
• Danzig NOT given to Poland
• Saar Basin NOT claimed
• didn’t split G into a collection of smaller states