WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Great Britain promised the U.S. that they would help them gain territories in Europe
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Mexico vowed to help the U.S. and the Allies in World War I
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Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. to regain lost territories
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Russia withdrew from the war due to the revolution that was occurring in the country
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Detailed explanation-1: -In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
Detailed explanation-2: -Zimmermann’s alliance proposal did reach the desk of Mexican President Carranza, but it was officially rejected once a military commission determined that there would be no benefit in accepting it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
Detailed explanation-4: -The telegram further conveyed Germany’s intentions should America enter the war. That included urging Mexico to join Germany in declaring war against the United States. In exchange, Germany committed to assist Mexico in regaining its lost territories of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.