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What was the Zimmereman Telegram?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

An intercepted messege from Germany to Mexico, telling them that if they join sides with Germany, and attack the US; when the war's over, Germany will ensure that the defeated US returns the lands that they took from Mexico during the Mexican War of 1846-1848.

Those lands are called California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada today.

Mexico firmly believed that Germany couldn't win the war (WWI), and consequently declined the offer.

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