Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico.
Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico.
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.
They refused the proposal, but by that time, the US had already declared war against Germany.
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 :)
The Zimmerman Telegram.
They were trying to turn Mexico against America.
Arthur Zimmerman (1864 - 1940)
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