{"id":70562,"date":"2017-03-01T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70562"},"modified":"2017-02-27T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:23:04","slug":"zimmerman-telegram-text-published-a-century-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70562","title":{"rendered":"Zimmerman Telegram Text Published a Century Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70572\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ZimmermannTelegram-237x300.jpg?resize=237%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ZimmermannTelegram.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ZimmermannTelegram.jpg?resize=768%2C973&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ZimmermannTelegram.jpg?resize=263%2C333&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ZimmermannTelegram.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In February 27, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went in front of Congress regarding the Zimmerman Telegram. The British intercepted it earlier in the year; they later passed this information on to the United States. The above Wikipedia photo is a copy of the raw message sent to the German ambassador in Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>The proposal?<\/p>\n<p>That if Mexico joined the war on Germany&#8217;s side, and if Germany won, Mexico would regain Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If victorious in the conflict, Germany also promised to restore to Mexico the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Germans were aware of the Mexican Expedition and the back-and-forth conflict along the US Mexican border. The United States deployed an expeditionary force into Mexico to go after Francisco &#8220;Pancho&#8221; Villa and his militia.<\/p>\n<p>Given what happened in the previous century, and that Mexico was embroiled in a revolution during that same time period, they were in no condition to join on Germany&#8217;s side. They risked an even bigger loss.<\/p>\n<p>Those that didn&#8217;t want us to enter World War I dismissed the Zimmerman Telegram as something made up. It was published publicly in March 1, 1917. The United States joined the United Kingdom, France, and Russia against the Germans on April 6, 1917.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/zimmermann-telegram-published-in-united-states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 27, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went in front of Congress regarding the Zimmerman Telegram. The British intercepted it earlier in the year; they later passed this information on to the United States. The above Wikipedia photo is a copy of the raw message sent to the German ambassador in Mexico. The proposal? 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