Llyod-George+at+Versailles

David Lloyd-George at Versailles



// Aims : //
 * Make justice but not punish Germany too harshly, getting in the half-way point between Clemenceau and Wilson . However , please the public opinion.
 * Lloyd George wanted revenge, for he knew that was what the people of Britain would have wanted.
 * He also wanted Germany to recover, since Germany was Britains second biggest trading partner.
 * He wanted to take Germany's navy and have Britain as the ruler of the seas once more.
 * Expand the British Empire and have the most powerful navy in the world.



//**Motives : **//
 * Punishing Germany too harshly would cause a second war, since Germany would want to take revenge.
 * Lloyd-George was under pressure and had to prove his word to the British public . His election slogans were 'Hang the Kaiser' ,'Make Germany pay', and 'Squeeze the German lemon until the pips squeak'.
 * He needed Germany to recover, since Germany was Britain's second biggest trading partner . Britain needed the trade to recover from the war.
 * Britain's navy was the only effective way to protect and defend their Empire, which was spread all around the world.



**DID YOU KNOW ?**

When Lloyd-George was competing in the elections, his common slogans were 'Hang the Kaiser' ,'Make Germany pay', and 'Squeeze the German lemon until the pips squeak'.