Britain and Lloyd George

• Lloyd George was born in 1863.
• He entered politics in 1890.
• He became Prime Minister in 1916 - during the war.

Lloyd George was in a difficult situation. On one hand he was a realist and saw the need to compromise and make sure that Germany was not punished too much as that would cause more problems than it would solve. However, Lloyd George had just won an election promising to squeeze the pips out of Germany and the people in Great Britain wanted to see the German Head of State (the Kaiser) hang for starting the war.

Main issues to take to the treaty

• He disagreed with point two of Wilson’s fourteen points as Britain who had always had a strong navy felt Britain and her Empire needed to have some control of the seas.

• Lloyd George felt that the British should be given Germany’s colonies and the Turkish territories it had captured

• Lloyd George did want to see Germany weakened in some way through its military.

resource: www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

 

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