The Paris Peace Conference begins between the leaders of the Allied Powers. Following the November 11 armistice on the Western Front, President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando discussed how to reimburse the victors and divide the conquered territory around the world.
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