The Telegram That Saved the World

One small but arrogant decision ended up costing a country dearly and saving the rest of us

January of 1917 was a tumultuous time, to say the least. America had not yet joined the war. Germany and its allies looked to be on a winning trajectory. The world was fraught with fear.

Over in the US, politics raged over whether or not to come to the assistance of the Allies. A lot of money was to be made in supplying the war effort by shipping ammunitions and material across the Atlantic.

But there was one tiny speed bump — Germany’s U-boats. Vicious machines that stalked the ocean’s depths and were capable of taking down even the largest of ocean liners.

It was the first major strike in turning public opinion in the US against Germany.

But that didn’t completely occur until two years later after a strange gamble on a simple telegram.

Mexico and the United States weren’t the happiest of neighbors in the 1910s.

There were several aspects to this:

These factors combined into several antagonistic incidents that heavily strained relations with the two countries. In 1914…

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