The Treaty Of Versailles
             The treaty of Versailles was started in the palace of Versailles in 1919 by four leaders George Chemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Woodrow Wilson of America and David Lloyd George.
             Each leader from the different countries had met to devise a treaty over what would happen to Germany. Each country had its own set of rules it wanted to incorporate into the treaty of what they believed should happen to Germany. Once these rules where set Germany could do nothing and had no say in what was being changed.
             Clemenceau wanted revenge against Germany due to the fact the German attacks had destroyed over 75,000 houses and 23,000 factories, their battle zones were ripped apart and 1,500,000 soldiers were killed.
             Clemenceau wanted compensation and to punish Germany for what they had done. He also wanted to stop any further attacks on France from Germany, to do this he wanted the area of land called Rhineland which connected Germany and France and was also the place most likely for the Germans to attack France from. He wanted Alsace-Lorraine back again which Germany had taken from him in 1871.
             Orlando declared war on Germany in 1915, It took France and Britain to stop this war by promising Orlando control of the Adriatic Coast line. This was the only reason he was in the treaty because he wanted to make sure France and Britain kept their promise.
             Woodrow Wilson came into the war quite late on in 1917 but America suffered no damage at all. He believed that there should be a league of nations set up which would settle disputes between countries before they turned into wars.
             Lloyd George believed that Germany shouldn't be treated to harshly yet he had said two quotations that showed he had a resentment against Germany,
             'Squeeze them until their pips Squeak!'
             Although he did say he wanted then to recover he still said that they should be de
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