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1914 – The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
The U.S. occupation of Veracruz was a cause of Huerta’s resignation in August of that year as his southern armies’ supplies ran out. The Tampico incident had later repercussions, however, stemming from the lingering U.S.-Mexican resentments.
These were taken advantage of by Germany in January 1917 when the so-called Zimmermann Telegram intimated that a Mexican alliance with Germany against the U.S. would result in Mexico regaining territory taken from it by the U.S. in prior wars. British interception of Zimmermann’s telegram was effectively the final justification President Wilson needed to request a declaration of war against Germany in April 1917.
The anti-American atmosphere produced in Mexico by the Tampico incident was also a decisive factor in favor of keeping Mexican Neutrality in World War I. Mexico refused to participate with the USA in its military excursion in Europe and granted full guaranties to the German companies for keeping their operations open, specifically in Mexico City.
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The U.S. occupation of Veracruz was a cause of Huerta’s resignation in August of that year as his southern armies’ supplies ran out. The Tampico incident had later repercussions, however, stemming from the lingering U.S.-Mexican resentments.
These were taken advantage of by Germany in January 1917 when the so-called Zimmermann Telegram intimated that a Mexican alliance with Germany against the U.S. would result in Mexico regaining territory taken from it by the U.S. in prior wars. British interception of Zimmermann’s telegram was effectively the final justification President Wilson needed to request a declaration of war against Germany in April 1917.
The anti-American atmosphere produced in Mexico by the Tampico incident was also a decisive factor in favor of keeping Mexican Neutrality in World War I. Mexico refused to participate with the USA in its military excursion in Europe and granted full guaranties to the German companies for keeping their operations open, specifically in Mexico City.
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Thanks again, 1SG (Join to see). Who knew that U.S.-Mexico relations played a role in the declaration of war by the U.S. against Germany in WWI? I did not ... until I read this. Thanks.
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CW5 (Join to see), I chose this one primarily in order to highlight the first time the Wilson Administration invaded Mexico, the Punitive Expedition in 1916 being better known.
But the Zimmerman Telegram was much more the cause of US entry into WWI than the usually taught sinking of the Lusitania, an action that really served only to set the general public's attitude against Germany and for the Entente in their conflict, something that could easily have gone the other way, but definitely did not persuade anyone to intervene.
But the Zimmerman Telegram was much more the cause of US entry into WWI than the usually taught sinking of the Lusitania, an action that really served only to set the general public's attitude against Germany and for the Entente in their conflict, something that could easily have gone the other way, but definitely did not persuade anyone to intervene.
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