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Between January 16 and 19, 1917, German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent a top-secret, coded telegram to Count Johann von Bernstorff, Germany's imperial ambassador to the United States. Bernstorff, with the unwitting aid of the United States State Department relayed the message to the German embassy in Mexico City. In the process, the British intercepted the telegram and began decoding the information with the aid of German code books they had discovered in 1914.
Long story short they used German Code books they stole 3 years ago.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agothe US didn't decode the telegram, the British did. the way the British decoded it was they had some German code books they discovered three years earlier, so they used the books to their advantage. hope this helped
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What was promised to Mexico in the telegram?
The Zimmermann telegram promised Mexico that it would get back the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. Not only that, but Germany promised Mexico that it would help them gain back their territory.
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Why were the British able to expand?
it had a strong stable government.
The British practice of making any able-bodied seamen become members of the British navy was?
The Press Gang
Which first cities was captured by the British in 1778?
In late December 1778, the British were able to capture Savannah, Georgia.
What are two reasons the US joined World War 1?
There are three. The sinking of the British liner Lusitania by German submarines that killed 128 US citizens, the Zimmermann telegram in which Germany promised aid for a Mexican invasion of the United States and the fact that if the Allied Forces lost, they wouldn't be able to pay back the money they borrowed from America.
How did the US find out about the zimmerman telegram?
British spies intercepted the telegram and gave it to the US government.Important telegrams were transmitted over long cables back then (they could be sent by radio, but then anyone with a radio could pick it up). Britain had cut Germany's cables to North America at the start of the war, so Germany asked to borrow the American cables; President Wilson agreed to allow it. But the American cable ran through part of Britain; British spies easily tapped into the cable and recorded everything that went through it- including Germany's telegrams. So the British caught the Zimmermann telegram when it was sent, and very quickly decoded it- the Germans had an elaborate code system that they thought was unbreakable, but the British had broken it early in the war.However, the British didn't want Germany to know that the codes were broken- as long as Germany didn't know, they would keep using the code and the British could keep reading their secret messages. So the British had to find another way to "prove" how they got the message without revealing the secret. They knew that the telegram would have to be transmitted through a certain office in Mexico, so they basically bribed someone in that office to give them a copy of the decoded telegram. Because the telegram had gone through American cables before being relayed to Mexico, the Americans would be able to tell that it was authentic.Once that was done, and the British were satisfied that the Germans still didn't know the codes were broken, the British gave the telegram to the American government; the Americans indeed verified that it had been transmitted, and President Wilson was furious.
Why was the Zimmerman Telegram able to make Americans angry?
That is because through the Zimmermann Note, Germany asked Mexico to keep America busy with more and more conflicts in the South. And in return, Germany said that they will reclaim the lost lands from America for Mexico (which was a lie that they told Mexico).
What Word that end in -able- for a telegram from overseas?
cablegram
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A telegram from overseas ending with able?
cable
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The receiver will be able to decode the message if the transmitter and receiver share the same?
traffic encryption key
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Why the U.S. Entered the World War 1?
Three reasons. 1. The Germans sunk the British cruise liner Lusitania. 128 of the dead were American citizens. 2. The Germans sent a telegram to Mexico to offer aid for an invasion of Texas. The British intercepted it and sent it to the US government. 3. If the Allies lost, they wouldn't be able to pay America back the money they borrowed.
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Enter the VIN into a website that offers a VIN Decoder and it will be able to decode the information on the VIN for you.
