Publication of an intercepted cable exposed a clumsy German effort to forge an alliance with Mexico and helped propel the United States into the Great War. Cartoon in reaction to the Zimmermann ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson learned of a shocking piece of paper that made America’s entry into World War I ...

On March 1, 1917, an explosive story hit the front pages of major U.S. newspapers, about a German telegram that had fallen into the hands of the American government. By then, the United States was ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — In a secret telegram a century ago, Germany tried to get Mexico to join its side during World War I by offering it territory in the United States. Britain intercepted, deciphered ...

As March 1917 got underway, Americans were just learning of a German plot to draw Mexico into World War I against the U.S. For their part, Mexico would get Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The ...

Fort Huachuca, Arizona - "…we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico ...

A small but significant piece of Galveston and American history has been commemorated with the unveiling of the latest Texas historical marker on the island, behind the 1838 Michel B. Menard House on ...