Zimmermann Telegram

Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico if Mexico will take sides with Germany.

1917 · United States, Mexico, Germany · government

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8 historical parallels

• Balangiga Massacre 1901

  Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty United States soldiers in a surprise attack.

• William McKinley Assassination 1901

  American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.

• Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty Signed 1903

  The United States and Panama sign a treaty granting the U.

• Washington Protocols Settlement of Venezuelan Crisis 1903

  The United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela in Washington, ending the naval blockade imposed since 1902.

• Cuba Leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States 1903

  The United States acquires a perpetual lease for Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

• Battle of Waterberg 1904

  A battle in the Herero Wars where German forces under Lothar von Trotha defeated the Herero people, leading to their expulsion into the Omaheke desert.

• Herero Wars 1904

  A series of conflicts in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) between the Herero people and German colonial forces.

• Algeciras Conference 1906

  A conference to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany.