John O’Farrell and Angela Barnes take a not-so-serious look at the most captivating and bizarre moments in history.
This time Angela tells John how in 1917, the German Foreign Minister, Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to his man in Washington. Sounds dull? It isn’t; this telegraph was probably responsible for changing the course of WW1. What could a telegram possibly say that would make peace loving US President Woodrow Wilson take his country into the bloodiest conflict?
Recommended reading:
The Zimmerman Telegram by Barbara Tuchman.
Cryptologic Quarterly, National Security Agency - The Zimmermann Telegram.
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We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.
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The 1960s - The advent of the permissive society
The Painful History of Dentistry
British Shops and Shopping Centres
The Brighton Bomb – 1984
The History of April Fool’s Day
The Grand Tour
The French Revolution
The Story of Live Aid
International Women’s Day
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
The Golden Age of Smuggling
The Green Belt: Contentious countryside
The Gunpowder Plot: He didn’t start the fire
From Bits to Bots: A History of AI
Nudity down the centuries
The Haitian Revolution - the slave rebellion that succeeded
The Glamour Boys
The Race for the Bomb
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