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Zimmermann Telegram: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Zimmermann Note
Context World War I • The Zimmermann Telegram

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Arthur Zimmermann: Zimmermann Telegram
Front page of the New York Herald with the headline reading The Lusitania is sunk; 1,000 probably are lost, featuring a photo of the ship and images of crew members.
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Key People

Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
president of Weimar Republic
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
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Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman

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