That might have been one factor, but the effects of German submarine warfare and the catastrophic (for Germany) Zimmerman telegram seem to have done a lot of the heavy lifting.
The technological development of the submarine is not particularly relevant. German submarine warfare was effective because of the way they were used.
There has always been speculation about the validity of the Zimmerman memo. The use of unrestricted submarine warfare should have been seen as a warning of worse things to come. Neutrality meant nothing to the kaiser.
you can't make a sausage thats mostly deer. the meat is to lean you got to cut with something like pork tp the fat content at least for cured meats.
How many vegetarians does it take to make a sausage? Actually, you can make a lot of sausages out of one vegetarian.
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What speculation has there been about the Zimmerman telegram (it wasn't a memo)? I can't find references to any in a quick search. Have you got some sources I can read?
There has been speculation that the decoded telegram provided by British intelligence was contrived. Zimmerman said later that it was real but at the time (Jan 1917) German Americans refused to believe it was real.
Well since Zimmerman confirmed its authenticity, that doesn't leave much to speculate about, does it? If you mean that, at the time, there was speculation in some quarters about its authenticity, later put to rest by Zimmerman himself, then I would agree with that, certainly.
The suspicion was given political weight because at the time Americans of german ancestry were the second largest ethnic group in USA. Efforts to get food aid to the people of Belgium made the violation of neutrality a better political option.
OK. But nobody today speculates about the authenticity of the Zimmerman telegram. We're agreed on that, are we?
Highlighted Disagree You have to be able to develop the technology , practicably , before you can consider them stratigically .
But everybody had developed the technology. Arguably, the Germans did not have the most technologically advanced submarines. What made them significant was the way they were used.