AQA A Level History Depth Study: International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890-1941 (A-level only) June 2024 question paper 7042/2K

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the escalation of the Second World War in 1941.

To what extent was Great Britain responsible for the increase in international tension in the years c1890 to 1900?

‘In the years 1908 to 1913, the Great Powers dealt effectively with the crises in the Balkans.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the League of Nations weakened by the absence of the USA in the years 1919 to 1923?