Zimmermann Telegram발음듣기
Zimmermann Telegram
As we enter into 1917, the United States has been able to maintain its neutrality in World War I. In fact, President Wilson has just won a re-election based on the platform that he kept us out of war.발음듣기
And to large degree, he was able to keep the US out of war because the German Empire had pulled back from its unrestricted submarine warfare.발음듣기
After the sinking of the Lusitania and how angered America had gotten, they said, OK, we're not going to attack passenger vessels anymore.발음듣기
But as we go into January 1917, the British blockade on the Central Powers was having its effect.발음듣기
But the Germans knew that if they were to go back to this, that it's likely that the US would enter the war on the side of the Allies.발음듣기
And the thinking was, well, maybe we could somehow enlisted the help of Mexico which at the time was not the best terms with the United States.발음듣기
And so Arthur Zimmerman who was the German Foreign Secretary, the equivalent of the United States Secretary of State.발음듣기
And it's encoded, especially because it has to go over lines that are controlled by the Americans.발음듣기
And then, it was actually intercepted by British intelligence and decoded and then shared with the Americans, and then that was also then made public to the American public.발음듣기
In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal alliance on the following basis - make war together, make peace together, generous financial support, and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.발음듣기
'"--of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves.발음듣기
Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace.발음듣기
And the Germans, themselves, talk about ruthless - "ruthless employment of our the submarines."발음듣기
The Zimmerman telegram that was trying to get Mexico to somehow get into a war with the US and reclaim these territories.발음듣기
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