Woodrow Wilson (1916) - “He kept us out of war.”
January (1917) - British cryptographers decipher a telegram from Arthur Zimmermann (German Foreign Minister) to von Eckhardt (German Minister in Mexico).
In the telegram Zimmermann reveals Germany’s plan to restart unrestricted submarine warfare the US territory is offered to Mexico in return for joining the German Cause.
February 24 - the British present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson
March 1 - the American press publishes news of the telegram
April 6 - US Congress officially declares war on Germany and its allies.
During the WW1 US stays neutral.
Woodrow Wilson (1916) - “He kept us out of war.”
January (1917) - British cryptographers decipher a telegram from Arthur Zimmermann (German Foreign Minister) to von Eckhardt (German Minister in Mexico).
In the telegram Zimmermann reveals Germany’s plan to restart unrestricted submarine warfare the US territory is offered to Mexico in return for joining the German Cause.
February 24 - the British present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson
March 1 - the American press publishes news of the telegram
April 6 - US Congress officially declares war on Germany and its allies.
During the WW1 US stays neutral.
Woodrow Wilson (1916) - “He kept us out of war.”
January (1917) - British cryptographers decipher a telegram from Arthur Zimmermann (German Foreign Minister) to von Eckhardt (German Minister in Mexico).
In the telegram Zimmermann reveals Germany’s plan to restart unrestricted submarine warfare the US territory is offered to Mexico in return for joining the German Cause.
February 24 - the British present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson
March 1 - the American press publishes news of the telegram
April 6 - US Congress officially declares war on Germany and its allies.
During the WW1 US stays neutral.
Woodrow Wilson (1916) - “He kept us out of war.”
January (1917) - British cryptographers decipher a telegram from Arthur