The western front would be impressed by the south and join with them. They tried to impress them with their cotton and their battles.
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Woodrow Wilson was the president of the United States during WW1.
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The Zimmerman note finally turned the eyes of the American public towards declaring war on Germany, they finally snapped after Germany's attacks on a American ships.
The two all water routs towards the Orient, or better said South, Southeast, and East Asia were all around the continent of Africa.
The first route was going along the northern part of Africa, than through the northeastern part, down alongside the eastern part of the continent, and than making a turn to the east.
The second route, which was discovered because of the occupation of the Muslims of the waters of the first one and were requiring high taxes, was along side the whole of the western coast of Africa to its southernmost tip, and than making a turn towards northeast to its final destination.
