USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 15, 1917, with his country embroiled in a bitter international conflict that would eventually take the lives of over 1 million of its young men, 76-year-old Georges Clemenceau is named prime minister of France for the second time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Georges Clemenceau is most well known for being Prime Minister of France during World War One and being one of the key shapers of the peace treaties after the war, including the Treaty of Versailles, in which he favored harsh punishment for Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -Clemenceau was embraced in the streets and attracted many admiring crowds. He was viewed by the French public as a strong, energetic, positive leader who was key to the allied victory of 1918.

Detailed explanation-4: -Clemenceau’s aims: to punish Germany and ensure it was too weak to attack France again. to return the Alsace-Lorraine region to France. he accepted the League of Nations but believed it would need to be strengthened to deal with Germany. an independent Rhineland which would weaken Germany.