In private Lloyd George opposed revenge and attempted to compromise between Clemenceau's demands and the Fourteen Points, because Europe would eventually have to reconcile with Germany.
Yes - but of course, there was a (figurative as well as literal) ocean's distance between America and France! Britain had never been as terrified of Germany as France was, for good reason.
I'd always heard that Britain was somewhere in the middle of America and France at Versailles.
Certainly Keynes (who was involved) called Versailles a 'Carthaginian Peace'.
Wiki says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles
In private Lloyd George opposed revenge and attempted to compromise between Clemenceau's demands and the Fourteen Points, because Europe would eventually have to reconcile with Germany.
Yes - but of course, there was a (figurative as well as literal) ocean's distance between America and France! Britain had never been as terrified of Germany as France was, for good reason.