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Georges Clemenceau
He had been waiting his entire career for France to get its revenge on Germany — and when it finally came, he made sure the peace was as harsh as the victory.
1841–1929
Life Journey
From radical critic to wartime leader
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1841
Provincial beginnings
Born in western France to a politically engaged family, he grew up surrounded by republican ideas that would shape his lifelong distrust of authority.