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Help Mexico regain territory taken by Americans in mid-eighteen hundreds if Mexico would join with Germany in the event America would enter WW1 on the side of Britain. The Mexicans declined. It is well described by the American historian Barbara Tuchman in her book "The Zimmerman Telegram"

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What country sent the Zimmerman telegram to Mexico?

Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico.


What country sent Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico?

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What was the Zimmerman notes?

The Zimmerman Telegram was also called the Zimmerman Note.The Zimmerman Telegram aka 'note', was sent from a German official in Germany to a German official in Mexico asking him to join an aliance with Germans, the Germans told them that they would help get the US back to for the Mexicans. it was NOT Germany asking Mexico to attack us. The English government intercepted this telegram and, instead of showing it to the U.S. government, they gave it to the media, forcing the U.S. into the war.


What was the name of the telegram that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico?

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What was the purpose of the zimmerman telegram?

The purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram was to get Mexico to attack the U.S. The German man Alfred Zimmerman sent the telegram January 19, 1917. The telegraph said that id they attacked the U.S. then they would help them get back the territory America stole from them (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico) They declined but America was angry so they joined the war against the Germans. Learned this in Social Studies :)


What was the note called from Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico to attack the US?

The Zimmerman Telegram.


Where did the Zimmerman Telegram take place?

germany britian mexico and the united states


What was the secret note that urged Mexico to join the central power?

the zimmerman telegram


Who wrote the telegram to Mexico that was intercepted by the british?

Arthur Zimmerman (1864 - 1940)


What two countries did the Zimmerman Telegram propose an alliance between?

Germany and Mexico


What was Germany trying to do with the Zimmerman telegram?

They were trying to turn Mexico against America.


What is the name of Germany's pledge to give Mexico land if they joined the war?

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