Operation Zimmermann

By Frank Geron

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821718274
• ISBN13: 9780821718278
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

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More iffy history

More iffy history. This is the scenario for Operation Zimmermann: The Germans invade the United States through Mexico. An elite group of soldiers from the Afrika Korps invades Texas and it's up to a handful of American soldiers and reservists to halt them. It's all part of a German plan called "Operation Zimmermann". The title of the 1985 Frank Geron novel refers to the Zimmermann Telegram, which was aimed at getting Mexico into World War I on the side of the Axis. Yes, that was what the Central Powers were also called during the First World War. Needless to say, the Zimmermann Telegram, named for the German foreign minister at the time, failed because it was intercepted by the British and sent on to our government. When President Wilson read it, he was so furious that he ultimately declared war on Germany. That was one of the reasons we entered that war. The other one was the German practice of unrestricted submarine warfare.