France had suffered very severely in terms of damage to the country and loss of life during WWI.
France wanted Germany to pay for all of the damages from the war.
France wanted Germany to lose all of the land they had gained and more, for example, AlsaceLorraine, a territory that Germany took from France in 1879.
France wanted the German armed forces to be eradicated.
The purpose behind all of France's demands was to ensure that Germany was crippled so that it could not attackFrance again.
France wanted Germany to be broken up into many little states.
France wanted Germancolonies as well.
Germany seemed as powerful as ever to France, compared with their own country, which was in decline.