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Why did france blame Germany for ww1 and why should Germany pay for the damages they did

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Clemenceau wanted the Treaty of Versailles to be harsh on Germany for four main reasons. ... France wanted compensation for this by punishing Germany harshly. Secondly, French people naturally hated German people. Especially after 1871 and the Franco-Prussian war when the Germans took Alsace-Lorraine from France.

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