Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy<span> refers to U.S. President </span>Theodore Roosevelt<span>'s </span>foreign policy<span>: "speak softly, and carry a big stick."</span>
It was the americans who won the battle. hope this helps you
His points covered three main things, self determination of colonies l, freedom of the seas and the League of Nations. His points failed because France and Britain wanted revenge against Germany so his points were turned down. The only point that made it was the 14th (the League of Nations). But this would eventually fall apart because US congress didn’t want America to be involved in foreign affairs so they didn’t join. Since America was the only super power coming out of the war and didn’t join the league the other countries couldn’t agree on anything.
They did want to be imperial
B. France believed Germany would not invade or attack their nation
In the early stages of the war, France and Germany were at a stalemate with hardly any action in the western front until the German blitzkrieg on May 10th, 1940 which caught allied forces off guard. The encirclement of British forces at Dunkirk and the fall of Paris led to the surrender of France.