376,627 views
1 vote
1 vote
What’s the significance of the Zimmerman telegram?

PF

What’s the significance of the Zimmerman telegram? PF-example-1
User Dsnunez
by
2.5k points

1 Answer

24 votes
24 votes

Answer:

The telegram was considered perhaps Britain's greatest intelligence coup of World War I and, coupled with American outrage over Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, was the tipping point persuading the U.S. to join the war.

User Farhad
by
3.4k points