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Wilson asks for declaration of war. On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. In his address to Congress that day, Wilson lamented it is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war. Four days later, Congress obliged and...
Wilson warned Germany that another action like that would draw America into the war. Another event that led the president to ask Congress to declare war was the Zimmermann Telegram. In it Germany promised Mexico land from the US, when they annexed it if they joined the German's side in the war. This helped Wilson realize the US was going to get involved in the war eventually. Lastly, When Germany reinstated their policy of unlimited submarine warfare against all nations; Wilson broke off all diplomatic relations with Germany. Two months later, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.