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    The Zimmermann telegram (or Zimmermann note or Zimmermann cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January...
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    his resignation on 6 August 1917. His name is associated with the Zimmermann Telegram during World War I. He was also closely involved in plans to support...
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    telegraph traffic. Most notably the section intercepted and decoded the Zimmermann Telegram, a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign...
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    Southwestern United States) in an encoded diplomatic secret telegram known as the Zimmermann Telegram, which was intercepted by British intelligence. Publication...
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  • known for being the recipient of the Zimmermann Telegram, a telegram sent by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann on January 16, 1917. The message was...
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  • during World War I. Montgomery and Nigel de Grey deciphered the Zimmermann Telegram, which helped bring the U.S. into World War I. At this time (1917)...
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    bit). The Babington Plot ciphers The Shugborough inscription The Zimmermann Telegram The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage The cryptogram in "The Gold-Bug"...
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  • However its most astonishing success was in decrypting the Zimmermann Telegram, a telegram from the German Foreign Office sent via Washington to its ambassador...
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    discard safely when replaced), but they were harder to break. The Zimmermann Telegram in January 1917 used the German diplomatic "0075" two-part code system...
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  • Barbara W. (1985). The Zimmermann Telegram. ISBN 0-345-32425-0. Sherman, David. "Barbara Tuchman's The Zimmermann Telegram: secrecy, memory, and history...
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  • clothing brand Zimmermann (piano), a German piano company Zimmermann (publisher), a German sheet-music publisher Zimmermann Telegram, a telegram sent by Germany...
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    unrestricted submarine warfare campaign. The remotely connected Zimmermann Telegram of the same period, within which the Germans promised to help Mexico...
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  • organisations dates back to the 19th century. The decryption of the Zimmermann Telegram in 1917 was described as the most significant intelligence triumph...
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    Lusitania) and destruction of Allied and neutral shipping, which—with the Zimmermann Telegram—by April 1917 triggered the United States of America's declaration...
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    trading with France and Britain and also the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram. However, Wilson wanted to avoid the United States' involvement in...
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  • of German codes by RN intelligence, including the Turkish bribe, Zimmermann telegram, and failure at Jutland. May, Ernest (ed.) Knowing One's Enemies:...
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    World War I alliance with Mexico against the United States in the Zimmermann Telegram before it was foiled by British intelligence agents. The two nations...
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    incident, German saboteur Lothar Witzke's base in Mexico City, the 1917 Zimmermann Telegram and the German advisors present during the 1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales...
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  • war, Erik Jan Hanussen, an adviser to Kaiser Wilhelm II, sends the Zimmermann Telegram, encouraging Mexico to invade the United States. Although British...
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  • Conan Doyle Solved (solution given within the short story) 1917 Zimmermann Telegram Solved within days of transmission 1918 Chaocipher Solved 1918–1945...
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    Armistice of Salonica on 29 September 1918. German Emperor Wilhelm II in a telegram to Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I described the situation thus: "Disgraceful...
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  • a member of the Room 40 codebreaking unit he helped decrypt the Zimmermann Telegram which brought the USA into the First World War. He then joined the...
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    A diplomatic cable, also known as a diplomatic telegram (DipTel) or embassy cable, is a confidential text-based message exchanged between a diplomatic...
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    ISBN 978-0-521-56626-1. "Why the Nazis achieved power". BBC Bitesize. "Why was the Zimmermann Telegram important?". BBC History Magazine. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 11...
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    However, its most astonishing success was in decrypting the Zimmermann Telegram, a telegram from the German Foreign Office sent via Washington to its ambassador...
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    to transatlantic cables and its codebreaking expertise led to the Zimmermann Telegram incident that contributed to the US joining the war. Despite British...
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    Atlantic. The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram caused the United States to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917...
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    fully mobilize. In late February, the U.S. public learned of the Zimmermann Telegram, a secret diplomatic communication in which Germany sought to convince...
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    to break the Vigenère system. In World War I, the breaking of the Zimmermann Telegram was instrumental in bringing the United States into the war. In World...
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    most important contribution was probably in decrypting the Zimmermann Telegram, a telegram from the German Foreign Office sent via Washington to its ambassador...
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