War Time

On March 1, 1917, as World War I entered its third grueling year, news of the Zimmerman Telegram broke across America. It caused a national sensation, revealing that Germany had promised Mexico the annexation of Texas in return for a military alliance against the United States. Germany — already fighting Britain, France, and Russia — was about to resume unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic, and fully expected war to ensue with an angry America. A month later, Germany’s hunch proved correct. America declared war.