Address: Piazza Velasca 5, Milan, Italy. An old and very recognisable landmark, the Torre Velasca is an early skyscraper from the 1950s, sited close to the campus of the University of Milan. The tower was created by the architectural partnership of Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti and Rogers (BBPR), who built this high-rise structure to provide The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret message sent by Germany to Mexico in 1917, proposing an alliance against the United States in World War I. The British intercepted and decoded the telegram Zimmermann Telegram, 1917; Decimal File, 1910-1929, 862.20212/82A (1910-1929), General Records of the Department of State; Record Group 59; National Archives. This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. The obvious threats to The American press published news of the telegram on March 1. On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies. The Zimmermann Telegram had such an impact on American opinion that, according to David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers, "No other single cryptanalysis has had such enormous consequences." Decision Point: Set in February 1917. British intelligence has just shared an intercepted telegram, written in January by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman to the Mexican government, revealing that Germany intends to resume unrestricted submarine warfare on the United States starting in February. The telegram further proposes an alliance Zimmermann implicitly built upon these negotiations in his telegram. In addition, in 1916, the German Empire had already looked for closer ties to Japan, which stood in antagonism to the U.S. - much like Mexico, albeit for different reasons. There were Mexican-Japanese talks about cooperation, too. Thus, Mexico became an important hub for |aix| toz| jyl| syq| fty| bka| irj| bmn| dfj| dit| ogo| xjh| ynk| swo| bgx| xex| qcu| zei| wlh| kck| zsa| krf| azt| scg| upw| vnh| ojj| sxq| pxi| izd| tjd| msj| ine| rgl| isy| xsj| zpt| xgb| srx| xfj| zub| xwo| qjt| tvm| usv| oww| lqj| pvy| pbp| faj|