It raised the possibility of war spreading to the Americas.
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In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
The Zimmerman note enraged Americans because it asked Mexico to attack the U.S. and by doing so Germany would help get back those states that the U.S took from Mexico.
to help Mexico regain U.S. territory
The US, Germany, and Mexico were the three countries involved in the Zimmermann Telegram. It was sent by Germany to Mexico in 1917.
United States, Mexico, Germany The Zimmerman Telegram (1917) was sent by the foreign minister of Germany to the German consul in Mexico, suggesting that Germany would support Mexico in a war with the US.
The Zimmerman Note was a telegram sent on 16 January 1917 by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire to the German Ambassador in Washington, DC, with instructions that it be forwarded to the German Ambassador in Mexico. The coded text was intercepted and decoded by the British who provided it to the US government. The contents of the note, published in US newspapers on 1 March 1917, caused public outrage. The Note proposed that, in the event of the US entering the European War opposed to Germany, the German Ambassador should seek Mexican help in brokering an alliance between Germany and Japan. The German Ambassador to Mexico should then also propose a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in which Mexico would receive aid in reclaiming Texas, New Mexico and Arizona from the US.
It affected public opinion, and helped convince US leaders to send American troops to fight in Europe.
The Zimmerman note was written to gain alliance with Mexico. It was intercepted and is one of the reasons the US decided to fight in World War 1.
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.
The Zimmerman Telegram.
The British intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram while monitoring German diplomatic messages, and revealed it to the US.
the zimmerman note.
The Zimmerman Telegram qualifies as such.
The Zimmerman Telegram.
Payment for war damages
The Lusitania , the ship that sunk Americans in that ship and the zimmerman note
The Lusitania , the ship that sunk Americans in that ship and the zimmerman note
The Zimmerman note was a telegram from Germany headed to Mexico saying basically they would help Mexico invade and take over the United States, this was to detour America from Aiding their European allies
to help Mexico regain U.S. territory