feb 27, 1917 - Zimmerman Note

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Wilson had hoped that the Germans would back down, but his hopes were crushed in late February 1917. Britain had gotten hold of a note sent in code by the German foreign minister in Mexico. Zimmermann suggested that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies. Germany would then help Mexico regain "lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona." The Zimmermann note created a sensation in the United States and stirred anti-German feeling across the nation.

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