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The Zimmerman telegram was a message from the German foreign secretary to the President of Mexico proposing an alliance in 1917. The German suggestion that Mexico attack the United States precipitated the American entry into World War I shortly after the contents of the telegram were published.


A note sent in 1917 from the German foreign minister to his ambassador in Mexico, containing details of a proposed alliance against America.

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It was one of the leading factors that drug the United States into WW1 because the note stated that Germany would grant Mexico its lost lands like Texas if Mexico attacked the United States.

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