jan 1, 1917 - Zimmermann telegram

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The Zimmermann Telegram became one of the first serious problems due to technology the telegram sent from officials from Germany to Mexico was intervene by British intelligence. In the telegram Germany gave word that they would aid Mexico in gaining back their lost territories, which are now American soil, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The interception of the telegram was then made public and all news of the plan too. The United States was now part of a war plan.

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