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Because Germany was a threat to France since Germans captured Napoleon III at Sedan. The idea was to keep Germany weak so they could not longer be a threat to France, but this just created hate resentment in the Germany population that will catalyst the World War II.

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Q: Why did George Clemenceau want Germany to be weakened?
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What did George Clemenceau want from the Treaty?

he wanted Germany to pay for the great damage of France, Germany destroyed over half of Frances population. Clemenseau wanted to warm & scare Germany into not invading France again. He wanted the Rhineland cleared of German soldiers so that the remaining people of France can be safer & have more freedom than before the war.


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Not bad considering you were sitting between Jesus Christ and napoleon?

Leave off the question mark and change the "you" to "I" and you have a quote from David Lloyd George after the Versailles Peace Treaty, when he mentions Jesus Christ he is referring to Woodrow Wilson who didn't want to punish Germany for their actions and Napoleon he is referring to Georges Clemenceau who wanted to punish Germany to the greatest extent for WW1.


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