Peace Settlement after the World War I

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It was a conference held at Paris after Germany's surrender and the Armistice of November 1918 to draw up peace terms with Germany and other Central powers. Thirty-two nations sent delegates, represen…

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The Big Three were Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.A., David Lloyd George of England, and George Clemenceau of France. They took the most crucial decisions at the conference and were the real architects of …

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Italy's Count Vittorio Orlando made the group the Big Four by country, but he failed to play a crucial part in the conference. He was a disillusioned idealist and later deserted the Paris Conference.

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Woodrow Wilson was a former professor turned statesman. He was idealist and pragmatic, but he did not study European problems deeply and tried to impose his Fourteen Points summarily.

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George Clemenceau wanted harsh terms because French security was his one-point programme. He had seen the Franco-Prussian war and the First World War, so he wanted Germany to be weakened so that Franc…

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Lloyd George had a statesman's instinct and did not demand anything impossible. He opposed excessive pressure on Germany and said, 'Is it sensible to treat Germany as a cow from which milk and beef we…

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The Paris Conference was convened at Versailles, just outside Paris. Because of the venue, the treaty came to be known as the Versailles Treaty.

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Alsace and Lorraine were returned by Germany to France for historical justice. This was one of the major territorial clauses of the treaty.