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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (33702)	10/21/2002 8:38:54 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 39621

The US entered WWI due to unrestricted German submarine warfare which included the sinking of American ships as well as German attempts to forge an anti-American alliance with Mexico. uscsumter.edu 19 JAN 1917: ZIMMERMAN NOTE. Note sent in code by telegram from German foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to Heinrich von Eckhardt, German minister to Mexico. a. If war breaks out, von Eckhardt is to propose a German-Mexican alliance against the United States. 1) The two sides to make war and peace together. 2) Germany to give "generous financial support" to Mexico 3) Mexico to "reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona." 4) Mexico to urge Japan to join the Central Powers. b. Message is immediately intercepted and decoded by British Intelligence. ..... 31 JAN 1917: Germany announces that, beginning 01 FEB 1917, unrestricted submarine warfare against all shipping, neutral as well as belligerent, will be resumed. The U.S. will be permitted to send one ship each week to England, provided it meets certain conditions established by the Germans. Lansing again requests a break in relations. 03 FEB 1917: U.S.S. Housatonic sunk by submarine, after being warned. ..... 12 MAR 1917: S.S. Algonquin, an unarmed American merchantman, sunk without warning. 16 MAR 1917: American ships City of Memphis, Illinois, and Vigilancia sunk. .... 21 MAR 1917: Standard Oil Company steamer Healdton sunk in a supposed "safety zone" off the Dutch coast. 21 MAR 1917: Wilson calls for a special session of Congress to convene on 02 APR. 02 APR 1917: Congress meets. Wilson asks for a resolution for war. 04 APR 1917: War resolution passes Senate, 82-6. 06 APR 1917: War resolution passes House, 373-50. Wilson immediately declares war on Germany. PS - I left out the acts of sabotage - blowing up plants in the US.