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They joined the Allies when they found out about the Zimmermann Letter in 1917. When Germany encouraged Mexico to start a war with the United States to take back land that was taken from them during the Mexican-American War in 1846-1848, that started when the Americans were about to annexed the state of Texas in the Union as the 28th state .

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