Clemenceau monument stands in the square named after him, between the Petit Palais and the Champs-elysées. The great Frenchman depicted in his coat, a helmet, soldier windings, although the man was quite civil. However, he led France to victory in the First world war.

In his youth, Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a rebel – so much so that even he got in prison for his opposition activities. But in 1870 he was already the mayor of Montmartre district. After the suppression of the Paris commune Clemenceau became one of the brightest members of the National Assembly, received the nickname "tiger". From 1906 to 1909 he was the head of the government, became one of the organizers of the Entente.

The first world has transformed a former left – Clemenceau fiercely advocated war with Germany to complete victory. In his publications he sharply attacked antimilitarists and defeated. This had all the reasons: the country was hit by severe crisis, the threat of injury became a reality. To prevent this, the President Poincare in November 1917, the newly appointed Premier Clemenceau. The Cabinet tiger has formulated so: "I am at war".

Clemenceau purged from ministries of all who shied away from the front at all, he succeeded in creating a common military command with the allies, brought criminal charges against former leaders of the country. France under his leadership broke down in 1918, the last desperate offensive of the Germans and achieved the surrender of the enemy. People named Georges Clemenceau "father of victory".

The foundations of the postwar world were laid Versailles peace conference, which presided over the French "tiger". It was he, a staunch opponent of Bolshevism, first uttered the words "iron curtain" in relation to Soviet Russia. But in 1920, his political career was finished: success in the presidential elections was not achieved. In his house on the ocean shore Clemenceau worked on his memoirs. He died in Paris in 1929.

The French honor 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 next stand bronze Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill. "Father of victory" is sweeping rough stone rock hard to overcome wind resistance – this is what it was, where it remained in people's memory.