What did the big three want?

America made profit from the war
selling weapons to allies

American didn't want revenge

Wilson was an idealist

Proposed the idea of the League

- Countries could work and trade(make war
less likely)
-self-determination
- freedom of the seas (sail trading ships wherever
they wished)
-The fourteen points

The Brits wanted to make Germany pay
as many British men died in the war

But L.G was cautious and didn't want to
punish them too harshly as the Germans would
eventually want revenge

Wanted to keep Germany's economy
strong so they can trade

This would stop other
counties in Europe from getting
strong

Ensure Britain's empire

Suppress Germany's Navy

Gain German colonies

Most fighting happened on French soil
and left the biggest impact
e.g most damage to country
and most deaths

wanted a dramatic decrease in
their armed forces

Wanted money from Germany to
pay to fix damages caused by the
war

Germany's border to be pushed back
so France is less open to attack

wanted to cripple Germany
so there will never be able to attack
France again