The '''Zimmermann Telegram''' was a telegram sent from [[German]] Foreign Minister [[Arthur Zimmermann]] to the German ambassador to [[Mexico]] on January 19th, 1917; the telegram would outrage American citizens when its contents were made public by President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on March 1, 1917, and influenced the American decision to declare war on [[Germany]] in [[World War I]]. | The '''Zimmermann Telegram''' was a telegram sent from [[German]] Foreign Minister [[Arthur Zimmermann]] to the German ambassador to [[Mexico]] on January 19th, 1917; the telegram would outrage American citizens when its contents were made public by President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on March 1, 1917, and influenced the American decision to declare war on [[Germany]] in [[World War I]]. |