Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 options: The changing nature of warfare, 1859-1991 / Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and reunited June 2025 question paper 9HI0/37

Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the reasons for the problems facing the German submarine fleet and the factors that explain the improved performance of the allies in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing Chancellor Kohl’s qualities as a political leader and his aims in putting forward his policies.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

3 ‘The leadership of von Moltke and the Prussian general staff was more significant than the use of the new technologies in explaining the Prussian victories in the wars of 1866 and 1870.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

4 ‘The Battle of Cambrai showed how new military technology was able to make a significant impact on the Western Front in 1917.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

How important was the War in Sight crisis (1875) in consolidating the new Germany in the years 1871–79?

6 ‘The Night of the Long Knives marked the key turning point for the Nazi state in the years 1933–35.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

7 ‘Visual evidence from after 1945 was the most effective in conveying the nature of war in the years 1859–1991.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

8 ‘The most significant developments in propaganda, in the years 1859–1963, occurred during the Second World War.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

9 ‘The most important changes in the role of women in the workplace occurred in the years 1871–1932.’

How far do you agree with this judgement on the years 1871–1990?

‘The changes in the German economy in the years 1945–90 were less significant than the changes in the German economy in the years 1871–1939.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?