Clemenceau monument stands on the square of its same name, between the Petit Palais and the Champs Elysees. Great Frenchman is depicted in an overcoat, helmet, soldier windings, although the man was quite civil. However, it was he who led France to victory in the First World War.

In his youth, Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a rebel - so much so that even went to jail for opposition activities. But in 1870 he was mayor of Montmartre district. After the suppression of the Paris Commune, Clemenceau became one of the most prominent members of the National Assembly, received the nickname "Tiger". From 1906 to 1909 he headed the government, was one of the organizers of the Entente.

World transformed the former left - Clemenceau vigorously advocated war with Germany until the complete victory. In his publications, he sharply attacked antimilitarists and defeatists. To do this, had every reason: the country erupted acute crisis, the threat of destruction became a reality. To prevent this, President Poincare in November 1917 reappointed Prime Minister Clemenceau. The program office "tiger" stated: "I am a war."

Clemenceau cleaned of all the ministries, who shied away from sending to the front, made the creation of a common military command with its allies, has attracted the responsibility of the former leaders of the country. France under his leadership in 1918 broke down last desperate German offensive and achieved the surrender of the enemy. People named Georges Clemenceau, the "father of victory".

Fundamentals of the postwar world were laid by the Versailles Peace Conference, which was chaired by the French "Tiger." It was he, a staunch opponent of Bolshevism, the first time uttered the words "Iron Curtain" in relation to Soviet Russia. But in 1920, his political career ended with: the success of the presidential elections was not achieved. In a house on the ocean shore Clemenceau was working on his memoirs. He died in Paris in 1929.

The French honored the policy that led the country to victory in the First World. Clemenceau Monument, created in 1932 by the sculptor Francois Cogne, stands in the heart of Paris - where later will stand beside the bronze Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill. "Father of Victory" is sweeping the rough boulder, persistently overcoming wind resistance - so it was so remained in people's memory.