(A) Russia
(B) France
(C) ** Germany
(E) England
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -In addition to President Wilson, the “Big Four” were the leaders of all of the following nations except: a. Italy.
Concept note-2: -Also absent was Russia, which had fought as one of the Allied powers until 1917, when, following the Russian Revolution, the country’s new Bolshevik government concluded a separate peace with Germany and withdrew from the conflict.
Concept note-3: -The Big Four Lloyd George and Clemenceau both wanted to blame Germany for the war, and they wanted to create a peace that ensured Germany’s inability to ever wage war again. Wilson also needed to convince the United States to go along with his plans.