The Zimmermann Telegram -ME- Jordan Cook

The Zimmermann Telegram

The Zimmermann Telegram was a coded message sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Germany's ambassador in Mexico. The message was said to include the instructions to have Mexico enter the war. In exchange, the Mexicans will gain back all the land they had lost to the Americans. The British Intelligence somehow found a way to intercept this coded message and were able to decipher it.

 Within this secret message, the British let the United States know about it, and made plans for war.  The WWI coded message that helped change the tide of public opinion in the U.S. The American press made newspapers stating that were are going to war with Germany on April 6^th 1917. The validity of the message is still unknown as the British Intelligence keeps the case classified to this day.