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The Zimmerman Telegram as it appeared in the code used to transmit it from Washington, D.C. to Mexico City.  (Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)88

The Zimmerman Telegram

In a recent Hub in his excellent series about World War I, Jimmy the Jock discussed the famous Zimmerman Telegram which was instrumental in getting the U.S. to enter World War I on the side of Britain and...

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Whitchurch Canonicorum or Whitechurch Canonicorum is a village in south-west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale five miles northwest of Bridport.  The church is noteworthy as containing the only shrine to have survived the Reformation wi61

The Notorious Umbrella Assassination of Georgi Markov: "In the Cause of Freedom"

Bulgaria's first post- Communist President and former political dissident, Zhelyu Zhelev, went to England for a five-days in February of 1991. During his visit, he did the typical head of state honors, such...

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