1917. german foreign minister, zimmerman, sent a secret telegram to the president of mexico...
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1917
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German foreign minister,
Zimmerman, sent a secret Telegram
to the President of Mexico
proposing an alliance against
the U.S.
The Zimmerman Telegram
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• Germany offered to help Mexico regain New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona from the United States in return for Mexican support during the war.
• The British intercepted the secret message and deciphered it
• The British turned the telegram over to the United States
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Political Cartoon:President Woodrow Wilson, in response to continued German U-boat attacks at sea
The United States declares war on Germany
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Off to War
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The Eastern Front
• Germany & Austria were beating the Russians
• Russians were hungry and unhappy with the monarchy (Tsar)
• Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
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Russian (October) Revolution
• Led by I.V. Lenin, the Bolsheviks (radical communists) successfully overthrew the Russian Tsarist government on November 7
• Russia withdrew from the war
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• The communist system (in which the economy is to be controlled by the workers) evolved into a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party
Propaganda
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Total War
• Regardless of which alliance they belonged to, all combatant nations faced common domestic challenges.
• Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain, Russia and Italy, mobilized their entire nation to fight in this "Total War".
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World War One was the first major conflict in human history which required the mobilization
of entire societies.
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John Meintz, an American of German ancestry, was tarred and feathered for not supporting war bond drives. Front and rear views, showing feathers stuck on his body.
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Mata Hari
• The infamous Dutch spy became an exotic dancer and courtesan
• Mata Hari was arrested by the French and executed for espionage
• Her stage name, "Mata Hari" became synonymous with spying and espionage.
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1918• January 8 - Woodrow Wilson issues his
Fourteen Point plan for peace.
• March 3 – Communist Russia and the Central Powers sign the peace Treaty of Brest Litovsk
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German flying ace, Baron von Richthofen (the Red Baron) is shot down.
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American Aero Squadron field. Making preparations for a daylight raid on German trenches and cities. The machines are lined up and the pilots and mechanics test their planes
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1918• November 9 - German Kaiser Wilhelm II
abdicates and flees Germany.
• November 11 - Germany signs the armistice. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
• June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending WWI.
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Peace, armistice Nov. 11, 1918
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Arriving home, U.S. forces are segregated
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Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of what happened before you took your
place on earth, is to remain a child for ever and ever.