Does Zimmerman telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in January 1917 that propose a military alliance between Germany and Mexico and the United States entered the war world war one against Germany Mexico will recover Texas Arizona and New Mexico The telegram suggested that in the event that Germany and the US went to war in Mexico would regain lost territories in the southwest if it declared war on the US the British intercepted the telegram and passed it onto the US leading to an escalation of tensions between the US and GermanyIt would be too much to claim the Zimmerman telegram single-handedly brought America into the war Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare can take more credit for that but a telegram was useful for convincing the American public that he should be sending its man over to Europe to fight Zimmerman telegram term many Americans against Germany declared that Germany would go on syncing American ships it show that Germany thought of the US as a week nation it off or German assistance to Mexico and we can quiring the American Southwest
