Making peace > What did different leaders want?
What did the different leaders want from the
Treaty of Versailles?
From January to June 1919, the world's most powerful politicians met and tried to work out a
peace settlement to end the Great War.
In this case study you will see a range of sources that show what the leaders of Britain,
France, the USA and Germany wanted from the peace treaty - and why it proved so hard to
get a treaty they could all accept.
You will probably find it helpful to study the Background before you
start looking at the sources.
Use the Worksheet as you look through the sources.
Sources
French proposals for
a treaty, December
1918
Lloyd George's views
on a treaty, March
1919
Report on US public
opinion, July 1919
Leaders at the Peace
Conference, June
1919
German views on the
Treaty of Versailles,
1919
Report on the state
of Germany, April
1919
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