Please call the President’s attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace. You will inform the President of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves. The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Memo or Zimmermann Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. Decoding revealed a message to the German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt, instructing him to propose a secret military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event that the United States entered the war. Named for its originator, German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, the telegram was intercepted by British intelligence. states that were promised to Mexico in the Zimmerman Telegram. entry into World War I may be the discovery of what has become known as the Zimmermann Telegram. However, perhaps the greatest impetus for U.S. In March 1917, newspapers published the Zimmerman Note, an intercepted telegram from the German. Light brown cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. ships were sunk by German submarines, pushing the United States even further toward war. Then a fresh insult led Wilson to demand a declaration of war. First edition, first printing of The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara W. And, in early 1917, the Germans decided to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare against all commercial ships attempting to cross the German blockade of Great Britain. The attack left 128 Americans dead and began to move American sentiments away from neutrality and against Germany. The United States’ entry into the war was precipitated by several events, including the sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania in May 1915. On 6 April 1917, at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson, a special joint session of Congress voted to declare war on Germany. On 24 February 1917 the American ambassador to the United Kingdom was given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledged to ensure the return of New Mexico. This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. ![]() (Photo courtesy of the National Archives) states to Mexico in exchange for their support of the German war effort. ![]() The telegram proposed an offer of three U.S. Following President Woodrow Wilson’s announcement on Februthat the United States was breaking off diplomatic relations with. The Zimmermann Telegram was sent in January 1917 from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Heinrich von Eckardt, the German ambassador to Mexico. March 1, 1917: America Outraged by Zimmermann Telegram.
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