Why was alfred zimmerman important?

Arthur Zimmermann was the German foreign secretary during World War I from 1914 to mid-1917. He studied law and spent many years working as a foreign diplomat before becoming foreign secretary. He is best remembered for the Zimmermann Telegram that led to U.S. involvement in World War I.

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“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.