Zimmermann Telegram: Compare and Contrast
Zimmermann Telegram: Compare and Contrast
Arthur Zimmermann's Speech Regarding the Zimmermann Telegram
Excuses, excuses, excuses. After it all hit the fan, poor Zimmermann was called before the German parliament to testify about his little telegram. He admitted to sending it, but acted like he could...
President Wilson's Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points is probably the most important document/speech to come out of the First World War. President Wilson really did think that he had a plan that would make it so that nations no lon...
Speech on America's Entry into the War by David Lloyd George
The British Prime Minister was very happy when the U.S. finally joined World War I. Like so happy it was as if the American Revolution and the War of 1812 never happened. He doesn't quite apologize...
Kaiser Wilhelm's Balcony Speeches
The Emperor of Germany had a tradition of going out on his balcony and basically raving about whatever was on his mind for anyone listening. Some of those talks were a little crazy-town. Wilhelm wa...
The Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
Zimmermann did some things right, from Germany's perspective. The German Foreign Office had been secretly encouraging radicals in Russia throughout the war, sneaking them back into Russia when they...