The “Big Three” Did Not Get the Treaty They Wanted Because, “the Leaders Were Too Different- They Couldn’T Have Got All They Wanted and Someone Was Bound To Be Disappointed.

There is also evidence that supports options "Clemenceau bullied Wilson and Lloyd George into agreeing a harsh treaty" and "Public opinion in their home countries affected the leader's decisions.

Evidence that supports "Clemenceau bullied Wilson and Lloyd George into agreeing a harsh treaty" is that, Clemenceau always demanded what he wanted, and he kept pressuring Wilson and Lloyd George into agreeing to a harsh treaty, because he was under a lot of pressure from the French government. Also Clemenceau had got most of his aims, so this could have meant that Clemenceau had bullied Wilson and Lloyd George into agreeing a harsh treaty, but there is little evidence to prove this.

Evidence that supports "Public opinion in their home countries affected the leader's decisions" is that, Clemenceau and Wilson were both under a lot of public pressure from they people in their own countries. The people wanted a harsh treaty, Clemenceau agreed with this, but Wilson wanted to be not so harsh.

However, on balance I believe that opinion "The leaders were too different- they couldn't all have what they wanted and someone was bound to be disappointed" is the best answer because; Clemenceau was a hard, tough politician, with a reputation for being uncompromising, Wilson was an idealist, and a reformer and Lloyd George was a realist. The "Big Three" all had different characters/personalities and I think that that is why they didn't get on well together. They all wanted different things and because they were all determined people, they took a year to make a decision of the terms of the treaty. In total they decided on five terms.

The five terms that the "Big Three" had agreed on were:

War guilt, The Germanys had to accept the blame for starting the war.

Germanys armed forces, The army limited to 100,000 men. Conscription was banned- soldiers had to be volunteers. Germany was not allowed armoured vehicles, submarines or aircraft. The Navy could only build six battle ships. The Rhineland became a demilitarised zone.

Reparations, Germany had to pay £6600 million, if the terms of the treaty had not later been changed, Germany wouldn't have finished paying until 1984.

German territories and colonies, Germanys overseas empire was taken away. Former German colonies became MANDATES controlled by the "League of Nations," which effectively meant that France and Britain controlled them.

League of Nations, Previous methods of keeping peace had failed and so the "League of Nations" was set up as an international "police force."