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The German Telegram That Drew US Into World War I

The German Telegram That Drew US Into World War I
Engraving of the sinking of the Lusitania after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I on May 15, 1915. Public Domain
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In early 1917 the battle line on the Western Front of World War I was in a stalemate of bloody trench combat and Germany was in need of a breakthrough.

Gerry Bowler
Gerry Bowler
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Gerry Bowler is a Canadian historian and a senior fellow of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.