The Zimmermann telegram promised Mexico that it would get back the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
Not only that, but Germany promised Mexico that it would help them gain back their territory.
The Zimmermann telegram was actually intercepted and decoded by the British, then given to the US. In it Mexico was promised the return of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico if they would join Germany.
The Zimmerman telegram was published in the United States on March 1, 1917. It was a coded telegram asking Mexico to join Germany's side on World War I and Germany promised that if they join them that they would get their lost and back from the United States. Here is what they lost to the United States: New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The zimmerman Telegram was the last straw for the United State and on April 6, 1917 the United States declared war on Germany.
The British intercepted a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico asking the Mexicans to attack the U.S. if the U.S. got involved in WWI. They promised the Mexicans money and a return of AZ, CA, NM territory lost by the Mexicans to the U.S. in the Mexican American War of 1846-8. Mexico considered it, after all, they did not like the U.S. or Wilson, but were more afraid of the U.S. than Germany. Plus, Germany is 1000s of miles away... it was one of the factors that helped bring us into the war.
The Zimmermann Telegram or Note
The Zimmerman telegram was published in the United States on March 1, 1917. It was a coded telegram asking Mexico to join Germany's side on World War I and Germany promised that if they join them that they would get their lost and back from the United States. Here is what they lost to the United States: New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The zimmerman Telegram was the last straw for the United State and on April 6, 1917 the United States declared war on Germany.
The Zimmermann telegram was actually intercepted and decoded by the British, then given to the US. In it Mexico was promised the return of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico if they would join Germany.
Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico.
Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico.
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman telegram was published in the United States on March 1, 1917. It was a coded telegram asking Mexico to join Germany's side on World War I and Germany promised that if they join them that they would get their lost and back from the United States. Here is what they lost to the United States: New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The zimmerman Telegram was the last straw for the United State and on April 6, 1917 the United States declared war on Germany.
The u.s. Intercepted a German telegram to Mexico that promised to help Mexico reconquer it's losses to America in the Mexican American war and America decided to stop Germany before this happened.
In the Zimmermann Telegram, Germany tried to convince Mexico to start a war with the US, which would prevent the US from joining the Allies during World War I. In return, the Germans promised to send Mexico money and supplies to help fight their war. Additionally, Germany promised that if they won the war, Mexico would be allowed to take back Texas and California, which the US had taken from Mexico about 60 years earlier.
The telegram promised Germany would provide Mexico with financial and military support to recover Texas, New Mexico and Arizona from the United States, which had been lost during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
Mexico did, but indirectly. In the middle of WWI, Germany sent a telegram to the Mexican president, known as the Zimmerman Telegram. In it, Germany offered financial and military support to Mexico to reclaim Texas, New Mexico and Arizona from the United States. Before Mexico could answer the telegram, it had already been intercepted by British operatives in Mexico City, and retransmitted to Washington. It enraged president Woodrow Wilson, who used the telegram to support the cause for entering WWI. It did.
Mexico
The Zimmermann Telegram or Note
The British intercepted a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico asking the Mexicans to attack the U.S. if the U.S. got involved in WWI. They promised the Mexicans money and a return of AZ, CA, NM territory lost by the Mexicans to the U.S. in the Mexican American War of 1846-8. Mexico considered it, after all, they did not like the U.S. or Wilson, but were more afraid of the U.S. than Germany. Plus, Germany is 1000s of miles away... it was one of the factors that helped bring us into the war.