AQA A Level History Depth Study: International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890-1941 (A-level only) November 2020 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 Anglo-German rivalry in the early twentieth century.

‘The outbreak of a general war in Europe in 1914 was due to Germany’s use of mobilisation to threaten Russia.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How successful were the peace settlements of 1919–20 in stabilising international relations by 1925?

‘Hitler’s foreign policy, in the years 1933 to 1938, was solely concerned with overturning the Treaty of Versailles.’

Assess the validity of this view.