The Zimmermann telegram
by Thomas Boghardt · first published 2012
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By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock. While the Allies commanded greater resources and fielded more soldiers than the Central Powers, German armies had penetrated deep into Russia and France, and tenaciously held on to their conquered empire. Hoping to break the stalemate on the western front, the exhausted Allies sought to bring the neutral United States into the conflict.A golden opportunity to force American intervention seemed at hand when British naval intelligence intercepted a secret telegram detailing a German alliance offer to Mexico....
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…submarine warfare), blown up by British military intelligence led by a dude named "Blinker" Hall, and then didn't really do much about the entry into the war (Barbara Tuchman not withstanding). See The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I by Thomas Boghardt for the whole story.
on “Black Tom Explosion” ↗Barbara Tuchman wrote a book on the Zimmerman Telegram. Quite good. https://www.amazon.com/Zimmermann-Telegram-Barbara-W-Tuchman...
on “Worse Than Signalgate” ↗