The Zimmerman telegram was one of the biggest mistakes of World War I. German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman made the biggest miscalculation in sending it. Zimmerman was worried about what he would perceive as the immediate entry of The United into the war between Germany and Great Britain.
Ironically, President Wilson was in a very difficult position at a time when support for the United States was not universal. battles Certainly, Americans were enraged at the German terror attacks, and many Americans lost their lives in submarine bombing of German merchant ships such as the Lusitania. But President Wilson was also concerned about other matters. President Wilson fought to remain neutral, but could not do so. He would remain neutral, blocking off supplies to his allies. Additionally, American factories are shutting down production and services. He was in charge of the political barrel, so to speak.
In January 1917 all this changed. Zimmerman was under the false idea that if America was involved in its own borders, they could go to war. do not join the fracas with Germany. In an attempt to instigate this, the German minister in Mexico sent a telegram urging Mexico to take back its territories of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. This would of course be with financial support from Germany.
Britain intercepted and decoded the message and passed it on to President Wilson. Wilson then released it to the American public. Many Americans felt that the telegraph had been faked to encourage America to join the war. This was discussed when Zimmerman himself confirmed that the telegram was genuine. Here Wilson himself, the American public and president, understood the true evil of Germany and what to do. One month later, the American Congress committed to fighting.
In the end, of course, the Allies won the war, and ironically this was a little piece of paper. trigger that allowed President Wilson to finally jump into the war. Trying to distract America, Zimmerman actually got our attention instead. Would the course of history have been different if Zimmerman had never sent that fateful telegram? We may never know the answer to this question, but one thing is certain. It would lead to the final outcome of the German cause. I propose to the United States Telegraph that the Germans must be blocked and that such Germans are defeated.
