On February 24, when Hall sensed that the Zimmermann telegram would tip the balance in favor of the U. S. joining
the Allied forces, the British home secretary presented
the telegram to President Wilson. One week later, news of
the Zimmermann telegram was splashed across the front
page of American newspapers. On April 6, 1917, the
Congress of the United States declared war on Germany
and its allies,
Although the battlefield mayhem continued for another
year, the added strength of U. S. troops proved to be too
much for Germany, David Kahn, a leading authority of
cryptography, wrote this about the Zimmermann
telegram: "Never before or since has so much turned
upon the solution of a secret message
The Dark Game,
Paul Janeczko
Which best describes the author's viewpoint in this
passage from an earlier chapter of The Dark Game?
The author is suggesting that the telegram sparked
the US decision to go to war
The author believes the telegram added to the
strength of US troops,
The author claims that the telegram had no effect
on the course of events