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What was the zimmermann telegram11/13/2023 The German’s were targeting American shipping and they had sunk the passenger ship Lusitania. The American public didn’t want to get involved in the war, but they did lean towards the Allies. Wilson comfortably defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes, who, fun fact, is the only sitting supreme court justice ever to have won a party’s nomination for president. The official US policy was neutrality and the biggest campaign slogan for Woodrow Wilson was “He kept us out of war”, which would turn out to be really ironic. The huge war going on in Europe and the civil war which was raging south of the border in Mexico. In the 1916 presidential election, the main issue was that of war. Thomas Jefferson said in his first inaugural address, “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none.” George Washington said in his Farewell Address, “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world” In fact, it had pretty much been a standing policy to avoid European wars since the country was founded. To give some background, the United States studiously tried to stay out of World War I. You can get a free one-month trial to Audible and 2 free audiobooks by going to /EverythingEverywhere or clicking on the link in the show notes. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. My audiobook recommendation today is The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara Tuchman. Learn more about the Zimmerman Telegram on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Not only was it an important turning point in World War I, but it was also one of the first successful signal intelligence operations in world history. The contents of the telegram contained information that had the potential to change the course of the First World War. In 1917, British Intelligence intercepted a diplomatic telegram between Germany and Mexico. Americans were already angry over German submarines sinking ships, but this telegram is what made America come into the war.Apple | Google | Spotify | Amazon | Player.FM | TuneInĬastbox | Podurama | Podcast Republic | RSS | Patreon The United States of America announced war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Congress accepted the request on April 2, 1917. Wilson asked the United States Congress for a Declaration of war against Germany. The telegram made the American people angry. President Wilson published the telegram so the people would know about it. They gave it to President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America. They held on to the telegram until February 24, 1917. Mexico was already busy with the Mexican Revolution and did not like the idea. Germany wanted Mexico to enter the war so America would be too busy to help the enemies of Germany. These places were Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Germany promised to help Mexico take back land the United States had taken from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The telegram told the ambassador to ask the Mexicans to join the war on the German side by attacking America. Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace." Signed, ZIMMERMANN You will inform the President of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. "We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. The telegram's message was: FROM 2nd from London # 5747. Bernstorff then sent it to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt. Zimmermann sent it to the German ambassador in the United States, Johann von Bernstorff. Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary (took care of things with other countries). It is named for the German man who sent it, Arthur Zimmermann. It was what made America enter World War I. The Zimmermann Telegram (also called the Zimmermann Note) was a telegram sent to Mexico from Germany on January 16, 1917. The Zimmermann Telegram as it was sent from Washington to Ambassador Heinrich von Eckardt
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