What Were the aims of Britain, France and the USA?

What Were the aims of Britain, France and the USA?
Lloyd George hoped to achieve 4 main points:
He hoped to reconcile with Germany and to continue trading with them. Britain was suffering greatly as a result of the war as they faced lots of casualties and food shortages, trading with Germany would help. 
By reconciling with Germany he also hoped to keep them from communism as this would prevent them from trading with them. Trading with Germany would help get more jobs which would benefit the people and help the country become more stable after losing a lot of their workforce. And reconciling with Germany would hopefully also prevent another war from breaking out as if Germany was punished too harshly they may then go and seek revenge. 
However, as he had promised the people, he hoped to get revenge for the damage and destruction that Germany had caused during the war. He wanted to get rid of Germany's navy so that they could not threaten the British empire and so that their own navy could once again be the strongest.

Woodrow Wilson wanted 2 main things:
The USA had not suffered as badly as any other country during the war and therefore was more intent on peace than punishment
To create a League of Nations, he hoped that by doing this he could encourage his 14 points such as disarmament and that this would encourage peace and cooperation between countries. this would help ensure that another war did not break out. 
To ensure Germany was not destroyed and not punish them too hard as this would cause bitterness and there was fear that they would retaliate in the future and Wilson was intent on peace. 

 George Clemenceau was more focused on revenge as France had suffered the most during the war:
Clemenceau wanted revenge and to punish Germany for the damage it had caused to France.
he wanted Germanys land and an independent Rhineland, he hoped this would significantly weaken Germany and prevent them from ever starting a war again. 
he also demanded huge reparations from Germany and wanted to disband the army to ensure protection to France so Germany would not be strong enough to start a war.



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