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Treaty ofVersailles
Versailles1919
1919
Youare:
You are:Georges
GeorgesClemenceau
Clemenceauthe
thePrime
PrimeMinister
Ministerof
ofFrance
France

Other delegates at the Treaty talks:

Br: David Lloyd George, USA: Woodrow Wilson & An observer from Germany

Your objective is to represent France in the discussions

that will decide what goes into the Treaty. You do What would
want to see peace in the future, but you also want to Clemenceau do?
make sure that you get the best deal for your
country.
Here are important points to bear in mind while your
negotiate:
1. Germany has attacked France before. He wanted revenge, and to punish
2. Most of the fighting has taken place in your country. the Germans for what they had
The damage is terrible: 750,000 homes and 23,000 done.
factories destroyed. 1.5 million French soldiers dead.
 
3. It will cost a huge amount of money to help France
recover. France has very little money left as the war He wanted to make Germany pay
was very expensive – France owes money to the USA. for the damage done during the
Where is this going to come from?
war.
4. Germany is right next to France, if Germany got
strong enough again in the future France would be the  
first to be attacked. He also wanted to weaken
5. You want the treaty to make sure that France will Germany, so France would never
always be stronger than Germany.
be invaded again.

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 FRANCE
Georges
Clemenceau
Prime Minister
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Treaty ofVersailles
Versailles1919
1919
Youare:
You are:Woodrow
WoodrowWilson
Wilsonthe
thePresident
Presidentof
ofAmerica
America

Other delegates at the Treaty talks:

Br: David Lloyd George, Fr: Georges Clemenceau & An observer from Germany

Your objective is to represent USA in the discussions that

will decide what goes into the Treaty. You do want to What would Wilson
see peace in the future, but you also want to make do?
sure that you get the best deal for your country.
Here are important points to bear in mind while your
negotiate:
1. America wasn’t really affected by the War, the cost
was minimal and a lot fewer American soldiers died He wanted to end war by making a
than any other country.. fair peace.
2. You are worried that punishing Germany too severely  
will only make problems in the future: Germany will
want revenge.
He wanted France to feel safe from
3. You think it would be better if the countries around
German threats.
Germany were made stronger, this could stop  
Germany from becoming too powerful in the future. He wanted countries to work
4. You feel that it would be a good idea to set up an together in the future, that is why
organisation called the League of Nations. This would
mean all the powerful countries in the world could join he suggested the League of Nations.
together to stop wars happening in the future.
5. Most of all, you want to make sure there will be no He didn’t want the USA to be
wars in the future for America to get dragged into. dragged into another European War
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 U S A
Woodrow Wilson
President
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1919
Youare:
You are:David
DavidLloyd
LloydGeorge
George––PMPMofofBritain
Britain

Other delegates at the Treaty talks:

USA: Woodrow Wilson, Fr: Georges Clemenceau & An observer from Germany
Your objective is to represent Britain in the discussions that
will decide what goes into the Treaty. You do want to see
peace in the future, but you also want to make sure that What would Lloyd
you get the best deal for your country. George do?
Here are important points to bear in mind while your negotiate:
1. You want the treaty to be fair to all countries including
Germany, but the people in Britain demand that Germany
be punished – you can’t ignore them (think about who He said he would ‘make Germany
votes in the election!) pay’  
2. You agree with Wilson (USA) that the countries around He wanted ‘justice’, but he did not
Germany should be made stronger – this might stop
Germany from attacking anyone in the future.
want revenge. He said that the
3. The war has cost Britain a lot of money, and Britain owes
peace must not be harsh – that
the USA a lot of money too. Where is this going to come would just cause another war in a
from? few years time.  
4. Britian has a large empire, before the war no-one could   
threaten this. But Germany built a huge navy to try and
take the empire away. What can be done to stop this in He ALSO wanted to expand the
future? British Empire, maintain British
5. You feel that it Wilson (USA) has a good idea to set up an control of the seas. For this Britain
organisation called the League of Nations. This would would need the most powerful navy.  
mean all the powerful countries in the world could join
together to stop wars happening in the future.
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 Great Britain
David Lloyd
George
Prime Minister
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 Treatyof
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1919
Youare:
You are:Count
CountVon
VonBrockdorff-Rantzau
Brockdorff-Rantzau ––German
GermanDelegate
Delegate

Other delegates at the Treaty talks:

USA: Woodrow Wilson, Fr: Georges Clemenceau, Br: David Lloyd George
Your objective is to represent Germany in the discussions that
will decide what goes into the Treaty. You do want to see
peace in the future, but you also want to make sure that
you get the best deal for your country. Problems for Germany
Here are important points to bear in mind while your negotiate:
1. You do not think that the war was Germany’s fault. After
all, other countries got involved after what happened in Germany was only invited to observe
Sarajevo in 1914. the negotiations.
2. You do not want to loose what’s left of the German Army.
Without an army Germany will be defenceless. This means that you can only say
3. Germany cannot afford to loose land. Germany has what you think (from the German
worked hard to make itself strong, it’s not fair that this
should be taken away. viewpoint) about what the other
4. Fighting the war was very expensive. Factories, house
countries propose for each article
and farmland all destroyed. Thousands of German
soldiers were killed. Germany has very little money left YOU CANNOT SUGGEST YOUR
and will need all of it to recover and rebuild after the
war. OWN PROPOSALS
5. You need to protect Germany, you need to get the best
deal for Germany – but, you need to keep the USA, FR and You will be the one who presents the
BR happy too. If you don’t they will declare war on
Germany again and totally destroy Germany again.
treaty at the end of the
negotiations
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 Germany
Count Von
Brockdorff-Rantzau
Delegate to the
Peace Conference
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 Paris Peace Conference: Article 233: What should be done
Treaty of Versailles 1919 about Germany’s military strength?
(Army and Navy)
Article 231: Who is to blame for starting the war?

Article 234: Should land be taken

Article 232: Who should pay away from Germany?
REPARATIONS? (Compensation for
war damage)

Signed, June 1919

Br:_______ Fr:_______ USA:
________ Ger:__________

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