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During WW1, Germany attempted to gain mexico as an ally by asking them to attack the united states to regain lost territory, but mexico was in the middle of a civil war during the time. Was Germany unaware of the civil war, or just assumed they could fight multiple conflicts at once?

by /u/a-sharp-garden-rake in /r/AskHistorians

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