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Clemenceau

American  
[klem-uhn-soh, kle-mahn-soh] / ˌklɛm ənˈsoʊ, klɛ mɑ̃ˈsoʊ /

noun

  1. Georges Eugène Benjamin the Tiger, 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.


Clemenceau British  
/ klemɑ̃so /

noun

  1. Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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But during the treaty deliberations, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau supposedly quipped that one thing was certain: "The historians will not say that Belgium invaded Germany."

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023

Not far away on the Avenue Georges Clemenceau, lined with plane trees, the préfet who heads the Hauts-de-Seine department has come to survey the wreckage that was the front of the local tax office.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2023

As former prime minister of France Georges Clemenceau once said, “War is too important to be left to the generals.”

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023

“What interested me most there,” Clemenceau wrote later, “was the key of the Bastille—the gift of Lafayette. As an ex-jailbird I am naturally interested in such things.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Disagreements among Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau erupted into angry arguments.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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