Well see my post above, I've given you the mentality of all characters involved, the relative importance of the telegram to USW, the context of American reactions to a similar event with Mexico, and the timeline of events; nothing implausible like you claimed; go ahead make a thread on the...
So your conjecture then? Having read on Zimmermann I can tell you that he thought it a harmless hypothetical , that "Zimmermann hoped that Americans would understand that the idea was that Germany would not fund Mexico's war with the United States unless the Americans joined World War I."...
Shrug, the man's sick-regardless of his personality. I'm can edit the post to show how terribly sick :evilsmile:
As for America; yes Wilson knew and only Wilson, foreign sec Hull, and a few others knew- not the wider public or even congress since the British wanted to keep the method of...
Yet it did happen IOTL, and American companies traded anyways during 1915s period of USW just as IOTL. Short of US government sanctions, which the US gov was really hesitant to do till war IOTL there were enough sympathizers and apolitical businesses in all of America. Sure the British can...
They had proof yes, but they played it close to their chest just like IOTL and most Americans-especially the Irish and Germans believed it a British forgery. "Stole it from the Mexican consultates and didn't alter it? Sounds suspicious." Here Zimmerman doesn't confirm it at a public conference...
Central Powers 1917: End of Year Map
source: https://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/19171107/
Germany
Despite having withdrawn to the Hindenburg line in February the Western Front continues to bleed soldiers, material, and land. While news of Russian collapse is encouraging those few in the know...
Threadmarks: Eastern Front Late 1917: Food, Peace, Freedom and Land
Eastern Front Late 1917:
As the Kerensky Offensive begins many soldiers simply refuse to attack, those that do are the most reliable of the remaining Tsarist-now Provisional Government's forces. Directed by the famous Aleksei Brusilov the attack is directed at the weaker Austrian forces...
Threadmarks: Western Front 1917: Mortgaging The Colonies
Western Front 1917
Decided during the Chantilly Conferences in 1916, Franco-British preparations continue for the Neville offensives. Despite reservations from Petain the overwhelming majority of French civilians, leadership, and soldiers want to reclaim French land; their discontent limited to...
Threadmarks: Eastern Front Early 1917: Kerensky Bets It All
Eastern Front Early 1917
The provisional government(PG), under the belief that their military is revitalized with "a new democratic spirit" just because they replaced the head and plans continue for a July offensive in ignorance of all the seething troubles of the Tsarist government. With the...
Threadmarks: Atlantic Theatre 1917: Zimmerman Says No
"Are you sure ambassador?"
“Mexico’s hatred for America is well-founded and old, send the proposal” Arthur Zimmermann.
Atlantic Theatre 1917
POD 1. FEB 1917:
While suffering from a bout of indigestion, Zimmerman mutters a quick no and rushes towards the lavatory when questioned about the...
Defense in depth and reserves; there's only so far men and horses can go before exhaustion and hunger just like IOTL. If they have enough intel and surprise is lost then artillery storms for the highly trained and vulnerable storm troopers. On the receiving side its amazing that after 3 years of...
Well you'd need four pods: one for Japan to go north, another for Chiang to cave in, another for Hitler to see the USSR as a serious long-term fight instead of on the edge of collapse, and the other for Hitler to actually cordinate with the Japanese, who didn't even tell the Japanese IOTL. Of...